Leif Wenar (Stanford) explores the doctrine of effective altruism, explaining why it leads us astray when thinking about our duties to the global poor and to the future. Read the paper at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1470594X241283034
"Predictive Policing in the Age of AI" with Renée Jørgensen
18/02/2026 | 36 mins.
Renée Jørgensen (Michigan) explores the ethics of using big data to allocate police attention, and why doing so is morally questionable. Read the paper at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1470594X251379074?download=true
“Discrimination and Privilege” with Cécile Laborde
11/02/2026 | 33 mins.
Cécile Laborde (Oxford) asks who should be protected by discrimination law, and whether the socially advantaged can be victims of wrongful discrimination. Read the paper at: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1470594X241283034
“Don’t Ask That!” with Sam Berstler
04/02/2026 | 41 mins.
Sam Berstler (MIT) explores how merely asking questions can sometimes be morally wrong, violating our rights to privacy. Read the paper at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/papa.12249
"Trump’s Lies” with Jeremy Waldron
04/02/2026 | 35 mins.
Jeremy Waldron (NYU) talks through what’s so bad about lying, and why certain lies are distinctively destructive to our political life. Read the paper at: https://politicalphilosophyjournal.org/article/id/15481/
A show presenting the best new scholarship in political and social philosophy, featuring lively conversations with leading thinkers. Join hosts Jeffrey Howard and Emily McTernan as they explore some of the thorniest ethical questions of our time.