By Anthony Sean Neal|2021-05-07T19:34:49+00:00May 7th, 2021|Featured, Theory|0 Comments
Race today is often presented as a social construct. But social constructions, as Black people know all too well, can create real existential crises. Philosophers of the Black Experience writing during the Modern Era of the African American Freedom Struggle (1896-1975) engaged questions of freedom, existence, and the struggles associated with the experiences of being Black in America.
By Kiki Berk|2021-05-14T18:29:27+00:00March 12th, 2021|Theory|1 Comment
What exactly is freedom of speech? And what does it permit us to say?
By Mark Satta|2021-03-12T15:49:55+00:00February 18th, 2021|Practice, Theory|0 Comments
What exactly is freedom of speech? And what does it permit us to say?
By Jared Millson|2021-02-18T20:13:25+00:00January 21st, 2021|Practice, Theory|0 Comments
What are conspiracy theories? Should we ever accept one? If so, when?
By Nathan Nobis|2019-05-03T17:11:17+00:00April 18th, 2019|Justice, Practice, Theory|0 Comments
Nathan Nobis from 1000-Word Philosophy examines the arguments pertaining to the difficult issue of euthanasia. Sadly, there are people in
By David Antonini|2019-03-27T17:53:05+00:00February 1st, 2019|Justice, Theory|0 Comments
When you make an agreement of some significance (e.g., to rent an apartment, or join a gym, or divorce), you typically agree to certain terms: you sign a contract. This is for your benefit, and for the the other party’s benefit: everyone’s expectations are clear, as are the consequences of failing to meet those expectations.
By Spencer Case |2019-03-27T18:14:49+00:00January 11th, 2019|Arts & Letters, Justice, Theory|0 Comments
Plato’s Crito describes a conversation that takes place in 399 B.C.E. in an Athens prison, where Socrates awaits execution.Not long before, an assembly of more than 500 Athenian citizens convicted Socrates of corrupting the youth and impiety, essentially failing to respect the gods of the city.
By Ryan Jenkins|2019-03-28T04:45:44+00:00June 15th, 2018|Justice, Theory|0 Comments
Ryan Jenkins from 1000-Word Philosophy gives an account of just war theory. War is a profoundly destructive institution, yet most
