War Matthew S.W. Silk | 27 Sep 2024 What Role Should AI Play in War? "Killer robots" are no longer make-believe.
World Affairs Matthew S.W. Silk | 13 Sep 2024 Should Space Belong to Everyone? Who can lay claim to the final frontier?
Restorative Duties to Asylum Seekers What role might past actions play? 10 Jul 2024 | Nicholas Kreuder
Eurovision, Israel, and the Responsibility for War How far can complicity rightfully be extended? 13 May 2024 | Evan Arnet
Should Weapons Be Allowed in Space? How can we tame the final frontier? 10 May 2024 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Military AI and the Illusion of Authority AI's new military role rests on a false appearance of credibility. 11 Apr 2024 | Kelly Weirich
The Ethics of Conscription Are we justified in drawing lots and calling numbers? 21 Feb 2024 | Evan Arnet
Cry Havoc!: The Morality of War On what can we ground the rules of engagement? 25 Oct 2023 | Tim Sommers
Should the U.S. Continue Aid to Ukraine? Defining the purpose of aid is the first step to debating a limit. 13 Sep 2023 | Nicholas Kreuder
The Case For and Against Nuclear Disarmament Which strategy produces a safer world? 6 Sep 2023 | Benjamin Rossi
Is It Better to Intervene in Niger or Not? How should we weigh the potential consequences of our decision? 14 Aug 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
How I Learned to Worry About the Bombs: Cluster Munitions in Ukraine On what grounds could the use be justified? 13 Jul 2023 | Nicholas Kreuder
Putin and the Friend-Enemy Distinction Might Carl Schmitt be the key to deciphering Russia's politics? 15 May 2023 | Richard Gibson
Ethical Dilemmas in Lunar Mining and Colonization How much longer can the Moon remain without a master? 23 Mar 2023 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Torture and Ticking Bombs Walzer's hypothetical scenario is a dangerous fiction that threatens real harm. 11 Nov 2022 | Edward Hall
Real Life Terminators: The Inevitable Rise of Autonomous Weapons Should we entrust robot soldiers with the freedom to search-and-destroy? 11 Aug 2022 | D'Arcy Blaxell
On the Morality of Rewriting History When it comes to education, when might it be permissible to smooth the details for the sake of the narrative? 1 Jul 2022 | T. Parker Haratine
The Philosophical Underpinning of “War Crimes” Statutes At what point do acts of aggression violate the norms of permissible wartime conduct? 12 Apr 2022 | Nicholas Kreuder
Reflections on Communal Annihilation or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb How might the prospect of nuclear war change our bearing in regard to that final hour? 1 Apr 2022 | Daniel Story
Nuclear War and Scope Neglect Cognitive biases make it easy to lose sight of our goal in risk assessment. 31 Mar 2022 | Giles Howdle
Considered Position: Thinking Through Sanctions – Our Own Obligations What responsibilities might individuals have to support these punitive economic measures? 24 Mar 2022 | Marshall Bierson
Considered Position: Thinking Through Sanctions – The Ethics of Targeting Civilians Can the consequences suffered by innocent bystanders be deemed unintended and thus permissible? 23 Mar 2022 | Marshall Bierson