Articles of Note

As the cultural status of novelists has declined, the power of the provocateur has risen. For Lionel Shriver, the latter has overshadowed the former... more »

New Books

Martin Hägglund’s philosophical blockbuster, This Life, has been widely lauded. Yet for such a liberating text, it’s stunningly parochial... more »

Essays & Opinions

"The trolley-problem problem." Thought experiments are as old as philosophy itself, but are they a useful way to reason about ethics?... more »