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Category Archives: Ethics
Amartya Sen: Economics as Moral Inquiry
Amartya Sen (b. November 3, 1933) works as an economist, a philosopher, and a public intellectual, and across more than seven decades he has reshaped how scholars and governments think about welfare, poverty, famine, democracy, justice, and human development. He … Continue reading
The Norm Explainers
Stephen P. Turner (b. 1951) sets a hard test in Mad Hazard: A Life in Social Theory and in the work behind it, and most thinkers fail it. The argument he is best known for, in Explaining the Normative, attacks … Continue reading
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The Moral Grammars of London, Paris, Sydney, Melbourne, Tokyo
These cities rank among the world’s great urban centers. Each holds deep reserves of capital, talent, institutions, and prestige. Yet they do not reward the same virtues. A man who rises with ease in one city may stall in another, … Continue reading
The Last Virtuous Man: How the Death of American Morality Became a Career
The mournful-American-morality genre is not philosophy. It is a terminal signaling equilibrium, a compressed competition over the meaning of a failing moral order, conducted under legacy pressure, before an audience that rewards emotionally calibrated lament, through institutional channels that select … Continue reading
Ten Convenient Beliefs For Ethicists Now
Applied ethics is a genuine profession requiring specialized training rather than a rebranding of philosophy that allows academics to charge consulting fees for the common moral intuitions that any thoughtful person could supply, dressed in technical vocabulary that creates the … Continue reading
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Ten Convenient Beliefs For Ethicists In America Today
Applied ethics is a genuine profession requiring specialized training rather than a rebranding of philosophy that allows academics to charge consulting fees for the common moral intuitions that any thoughtful person could supply, dressed in technical vocabulary that creates the … Continue reading
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The Jurisdictional Wars: Alliance Theory and the Battle to Define Morality in America
No one stands up and says they decide what is right and wrong. They say they protect the vulnerable, defend freedom, follow the Constitution, or uphold tradition. This is the central insight of David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory. Moral vocabularies are … Continue reading
Why did some elites focus on deaths in Gaza but not protester deaths in Iran and vice versa?
There is no evolutionary reproductive fitness reason why people would care about deaths among out-groups on the other side of the world. Ergo, when you hear moral outrage on this score, it is about alliance signalling and status seeking (which … Continue reading
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Is It Bad To Celebrate The Deaths Of Your Enemies?
Graeme Wood writes in The Atlantic today: “Celebrating or calling for the deaths of others is wrong, and bad for the soul.” That is not backed by evolution, so it is a status play. Graeme says he’s better than you, … Continue reading
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Decoding Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein
Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein. One of the most influential living poskim. His rulings quietly shape medical ethics, monetary law, and communal norms across Haredi society. Written with AI: Rabbi Yitzchak Zilberstein is a quiet coordination anchor whose power comes from trust, … Continue reading
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