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Class & Inequality, Philosophy & Religion

A More Perfect Meritocracy

Two new books take aim at the moral failures of meritocracy. But we can advocate for a more just society without giving up on merit.

Agnes Callard

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Philosophy & Religion

Philosophy & Religion

Norman Finkelstein: Teaching John Stuart Mill in Iran

A video of our conversation.

Danny Postel

Philosophy & Religion

The Weak Self: Christopher Lasch on Narcissism

In Response to Vivian Gornick.

George Scialabba

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

In Defense of Narcissism

When narcissism was pathologized, reformers were labeled as narcissists and discontent swept under the rug. George Scialabba responds.

Vivian Gornick

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

When Money Shrinks Democracy

We are moving into an era where the direct influence of money on politics breaches new ground.

Claude S. Fischer

Class & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality

Women and Children First

Dora Russell and the evolution of feminisim.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

The Possibility of Self-Sacrifice

When is public death meaningful? A case study of political suicide.

Oded Na’aman

Class & Inequality, Law & Justice

Trench Democracy in Public Administration #2: Interview with Andrea Arnold

Decatur, Georgia: a town where citizen participation plays a significant role in the daily life of government.

Albert W. Dzur

Philosophy & Religion

Roads to Utopia

Spain's Marinaleda appears to possess all the elements of a radical dream come true. Is it for real?

Sarah Hill

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Does Reading Literature Make You More Moral?

Literature helps shape what we consider to be moral in the first place.

Paula M.L. Moya

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Transparency Is Not the Government's Responsibility

The problem is that it is not anybody else’s responsibility, either.

Andrew Mayersohn

Philosophy & Religion, Science & Nature

Dogs Are Not People

On Gregory Berns's How Dogs Love Us.

Colin Dayan

Arts in Society, Philosophy & Religion

Is Life a Ponzi Scheme?

Samuel Scheffler's Death and the Afterlife uses doomsday thought experiments to figure out what makes life meaningful. 

Mark Johnston

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