Race

What Makes A Man?

Does masculinity need a makeover for the 21st century? Should your gender matter to who you are as a person? Why think there’s just one thing it means to be a man? This week on Philosophy Talk, we’re discussing masculinity and what makes a man.

Discriminating Streets

为什么会有这么多糟糕的城市设计?我们怎样才能使我们的街道更欢迎每个人?完美的城市仅仅是海市蜃楼吗?在本周的节目中,我们将探讨街道是否会有歧视,以及我们如何设计我们的城市,使它们更加公正。

Abortion and Dehumanization

不时地,反堕胎的支持者会利用我在非人性化方面的研究成果,认为那些持赞成堕胎立场的人会习惯性地将未出生的胎儿非人性化,为“堕胎谋杀”铺平道路。我想说明为什么这些论点站不住脚。

Naïve Racism

Social psychology has shown that people tend to generalize on incidents of good behavior for their in-group, but generalize on bad behavior for members of out-groups. This tendency leads to a form of racism I call "naïve" because the racist person has no idea that their minds are operating this way.

Covid and the Veil of Ignorance

As I’ve struggled to find a film to write about, I thought I’d write about a feature of Covid that is particularly philosophically relevant: you can be infected but be asymptomatic. So you must make decisions under uncertainty, not knowing whether you are sick or contagious—victim or vector.