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Here, I prove that equality has no intrinsic value.* [*Based on: “Non-Egalitarianism,” Philosophical Studies 114 (2003): 147-71.] 1. The Thesis…

Aug 6

(Note: Of course I don’t know whether you in particular are underpaid. But a lot fewer people are underpaid than think they are.) Many people have an…

Jul 31

A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy

Jul 31

https://www.amazon.com/dp/3030675424/ Blurb America’s legal system harbors serious, widespread injustices. Many defendants are sent to prison for…

Jul 31

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1138328294/ Blurb Worldwide each year, 74 billion animals are slaughtered on factory farms, at the end of a life of suffering…

Jul 31

https://www.amazon.com/dp/3319904892/ Blurb Paradox Lost covers ten mind-boggling philosophical paradoxes, in which seemingly compelling reasoning leads…

Jul 31

https://www.amazon.com/dp/113756086X/ Blurb From ancient times, infinity has been steeped in paradox. According to one famous argument, nothing can ever…

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/1137281650/ Blurb A foundational assumption of political philosophy is that some governments possess a moral property known as…

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/0230573746/ Blurb This book defends a form of ethical intuitionism, according to which (i) there are objective moral truths…

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0916MZT8Z/. Blurb Since Descartes, one of the central questions of Western philosophy has been that of how we know that the…

Jul 31

Here, I explain how all fundamental causation is simultaneous and continuous.* This is one of my better papers, but it’s somewhat neglected because…

Jul 23

I don’t mean to suggest that activism is pointless. I just want to ask: what are activists trying to accomplish? This may seem like a silly question…

Jul 16

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