Q&A with Kieran Setiya
Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships: a review
Troy Jollimore reviews Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships, by Brian D. Earp and Julian Savulescu.
The Two Dark Sides of Covid-19
Peter Singer and Paola Cavalieri argue that wet markets should be banned.
Issue 90: introduction from the editor
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” That’s one of the most famous things Aristotle never said. Apparently, it’s Will Durant’s paraphrase of Aristotle’s ethics in The Story of Philosophy, but don’t let that get in the way of a good point. A lot of a life […]
Infections With Benefits
Euzebiusz Jamrozik explains how infections might save lives and curb the pandemic.
Sophie Grace Chappell talks sex and gender
An interview with Sophie Grace Chappell.
Living the Life of the Mind
Charlotte Knowles on how to build networks and (not) alienate people.
“Would Have Died Soon Anyway”
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen thinks through Covid-19, distributive justice, and age discrimination.
Managing Our Uncertainty in a Crisis
Richard Bradley and Liam Kofi Bright take a close look at models that inform policy makers.
What Satire Can Do For Us: Coping Not Curing
Dieter Declercq draws on Nietzsche, Hume, and Pascal to explain how satire addresses the difficulties of changing the world.
Da 5 Bloods: a movie review
Charles Peterson reviews Da 5 Bloods, directed by Spike Lee, starring Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, and Clarke Peters.
Not Thinking About the Worst
Serving on a Covid-19 ethics group, Richard Holton reflects on the morality of allocating scarce ventilators.