World Affairs Marshall Bierson | 22 Mar 2022 Considered Position: Thinking Through Sanctions – Do Sanctions Work? Assessing the effectiveness of sanctions requires forward-looking metrics. They operate as a deterrent; more for show than for use.
War Evan Arnet | 18 Mar 2022 Can Assassination Ever Be the Right Thing to Do? Why should military action aimed at our enemies' top brass be a stratagem that remains off the table?
The Nuclear Dice How should we evaluate alternative strategies of engagement when the levels of uncertainty and risk remain so high? 14 Mar 2022 | Dustin Crummett
Hypocrisy and Credibility in U.S. Foreign Policy A history of intervention in pro-Soviet regimes in the West undermines the US's claim to the moral high ground. 2 Mar 2022 | Benjamin Rossi
Ukraine, Digital Sanctions, and Double Effect: A Response Should Big Tech intervene even if their actions threaten foreseeable harm to innocent bystanders? 1 Mar 2022 | T. Parker Haratine
Russia, Ukraine, and Digital Sanctions Does Big Tech have a responsibility to get involved? 28 Feb 2022 | Kenneth Boyd
Taking Pleasure at the Ultimate Self-Own? Perhaps our inclination toward this "harmless" bit of fun should inspire self-reflection. 15 Feb 2022 | Cargile Williams
The Heartless Matter of Organ Transplantation and COVID Vaccination What considerations belong in our discussions about distributing such a scarce and valuable resource? 2 Feb 2022 | Richard Gibson
Why Vaccinating the World Is the Best Thing for Australia Global vaccine equity not only serves the least well-off, it also happens to be what's in all of our interests. 3 Dec 2021 | D'Arcy Blaxell
On Booster Shot Boycotts and Participatory Democracy Are boycotts merely a matter of individual conscience, or might they depend on a shared political context to be recognized for what they are? 2 Dec 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Should Clinicians Have Soapboxes? Does the unique position of medical professionals make them the best commentators or the worst? 30 Nov 2021 | Richard Gibson
Fair Shares and COVID-19 Booster Shots What blame do we bear for enjoying the ill-gotten gains secured by our government? 22 Nov 2021 | Daniel Burkett
On the Appropriateness of Shame How can we even begin to chart the contours of such a nebulous thing? 18 Nov 2021 | Jake Wojtowicz
The Poland-Belarus Border Crisis: The Ethics of Blackmail Is the principled refusal to come to the negotiating table with terrorists a morally justified stance? 15 Nov 2021 | Giles Howdle
Aaron Rodgers, “Critical Thinking,” and Intellectual Humility How do we distinguish between healthy epistemic habits and virtues and those which are unhealthy? 11 Nov 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
Individual Rights, Collective Interests, and Vaccine Mandates Is there any justifying the state's strong-arming and bullying in the name of its citizens' public health? 21 Oct 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Making the Best of a Bad Situation: Russia and the Energy Crisis On what grounds could we possibly object to the geopolitical opportunism that represents business as usual? 18 Oct 2021 | Richard Gibson
Vaccine Hesitancy as Free-Riding A not insignificant portion of the unvaccinated continue to confound us in their refusal to acknowledge the basic demands of fairness. 8 Oct 2021 | Daniel Burkett
Moral Lessons from the Meng Wanzhou Affair? It's difficult to see the narrative that this political showdown was about taking a stand on principles as anything but hollow. 4 Oct 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
Are Vaccines Passports Ethical? Are we justified in constraining some people's rights so that others might enjoy a return to normal? 16 Sep 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
COVID Vaccines and Primary Care Are doctors violating their professional code in choosing who they will or will not treat, or, as always, simply minimizing their patients' risk and possible harm? 30 Aug 2021 | Megan Fritts
Afghanistan: The Graveyard of Liberal Interventionism? It is either hubris or naivete that leads us to think that we can fight others' battles for them. 24 Aug 2021 | Giles Howdle
