If you have spent 40 years of your life working 40 hours a week, retirement isn’t just a financial consideration, writes a philosopher.
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One hundred years ago, one star changed our view of the universe, proving that the Andromeda “nebula” was a galaxy like our Milky Way.
People deeply want to believe they are good, reasonable and worthy. A little humility and curiosity can go a long way toward helping someone feel respected during an argument.
A political philosopher writes that voters may put up with some degree of deception from politicians, but they may not accept being lied to unnecessarily.
With an eye to Kant’s work, a philosopher and a sociologist argue that the Uber project robs drivers of their dignity.
The Slovenian philosopher is one of the world’s most famous thinkers. But what does he actually stand for?
States sometimes choose to pay for the release of their citizens held hostage abroad – but there could be profound, long-term costs involved.
Aristotle believed that the biggest and most widespread source of political tension is the struggle between the haves and the have-nots. More than 2,000 years later, he’s got a point.
The second world war showed that dignity had to be enshrined in law. Defining it in order to do so is no easy task.
Immanuel Kant’s ideas about respect are still important today, in a world where social media and echo chambers make manipulation easy.
Dignity is at the centre of many rights-based declarations, but to eradicate racist policy and practices, we must commit to noticing each other’s personhood in new ways.
Constituents’ willingness to overlook deception may depend, in part, on whether politicians lie well and with a good purpose.
You can’t hurt a robot – but do you want to be the kind of person who sinks the boot into a harmless robodog?
The decision to wage war is among the most important a government can make. How and by whom should such decisions be made? Canadians can learn a lot from other democracies.
The definition of personhood is a key and contested philosophical issue that has made legalized abortion such a longstanding controversy.
New ethical issues are emerging during COVID-19 as doctors struggle with their obligations to ‘do no harm’ and respect patient autonomy.
Written more than 200 years ago, Kant’s Toward Perpetual Peace sets out a plan for peace we can still aspire to achieve.
There is much at stake as the US withdraws troops from Afghanistan. A political philosopher explains why the US cannot escape the moral consequences of its actions.
Freedom of speech emerged as a concept after the invention of the printing press, and that’s worth revisiting in the context of social media and Trump’s presidency.
Understanding our own limitations, and turning to hope, can help us deal with hardship.
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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