A Philosopher's Blog

The rise of social media created a new world for social researchers. One focus has been on determining how quickly and broadly emotions spread online. Over a decade ago, researchers

As I tell my students, the metaphysical question of personal identity has important moral implications. One scenario I use is a human in a persistent vegetative state. I say “human”

Not surprisingly, most sexual assaults on college campuses involve intoxication. One reason is obvious: an intoxicated person is vulnerable. Another reason for this is definitional: most (if not all) colleges

In my previous essay, I presented some groundwork and stage setting for the discussion to follow. In this essay I will look at consent. Intuitively, what makes some activities wrong

A basic lesson of philosophy is that terms need to be properly defined. Oversimplifying a bit, a good definition needs to avoid being too narrow and too broad. A definition

Back in 2014 Michelle Goldberg published a thoughtful essay on the campus rape crisis in the Nation. As one would suspect, the crisis persists and under the Trump regime it

I, as discussed in the previous essay on this subject, believe students have a right to know the contents of a class in advance and that I am, as a

A trigger warning, in the context of a university class, is a notification that class content might be upsetting or cause a PTSD response. While warning people about potentially disturbing