Agora: a marketplace for ideas

Agora is a space where academics can draw on their training and experience to approach contemporary social, political and cultural issues from a philosophical point of view.

The series is hosted by Aaron James Wendland, Principal Philosophy Fellow at Massey College, Toronto and Co-Editor of Heidegger on technology and Wittgenstein and Heidegger. He tweets @aj_wendland.

Why drugs should not only be decriminalized, but fully legalized – Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, and Michael Plant, member of the Wellbeing Research Center at the University of Oxford

How empty stadiums kill the character of sports clubs – Jake Wojtowicz, philosophy instructor in Rochester, New York

What New Atheists Miss About the Meaning of God – Adrian Moore, Professor of Philosophy and Tutorial Researcher at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford

Does the truth set us free? – Ulrika Carlsson, PhD in Philosophy at Yale University and writer for Axess Magazine in Stockholm, Sweden

Why Social Liberals Aren’t Moral Relativists – Thomas Hurka, University Professor and Jackman Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto

How to stop AI from taking over the world – Ruth Chang, president and professor of jurisprudence at the University of Oxford and professor at University College Oxford

Why Donald Trump was the ultimate anarchist – Melissa Lane, professor of politics in 1943 and director of the Academic Center for Human Values ​​at Princeton University

What is the relationship with the work of “canceled” artists? – Noël Carroll, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center

Why We Have a Moral Duty to Recognize Foreigners – Kimberley Brownlee, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia

Why Epicureanism, Not Stoicism, Is The Philosophy We Need Now – Catherine Wilson, Presidential Professor of Philosophy at City University of New York

Why should we care if humans die? – Tom Sinclair, Associate Professor and Lecturer in Philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford

In Defense of NIMBYism – Christine Sypnowich, National Researcher and Director and Professor of Philosophy at Queen’s University

What American Democracy Can Learn from Ancient Greek Philosophy – Teresa Bejan, Associate Professor of Political Theory and Tutoring Researcher at Oriel College, Oxford

The Moral Conflict Between Environmentalism and Animal Welfare – David Egan, Lecturer in Philosophy at Outer Coast College

How liberalism paves the way for populism – Akeel Bilgrami, Sidney Morganbesser Professor of Philosophy at Columbia University

The Politics of Stupidity – Sacha Golob, Lecturer in Philosophy at Kings College London

The Philanthropy Problem – Sally Haslanger, Ford Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender Studies at MIT

How Britain and the United States Became Trapped in Declining Nationalism – Jeff McMahan, White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Why no vote is deplorable – Michael Hannon, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Nottingham

Why team thinking is more important than ever – David Papineau, Professor of Philosophy of Science at King’s College London

How the coronavirus exposed the ageism of our society – Vittorio Bufacchi, Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Cork

What the pandemic tells us about personal identity – Kieran Setiya, professor of philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

How Bias Algorithms Perpetuate Inequality – Susanna Schellenberg, Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers University

Love is not about happiness. It’s all about understanding and inspiration – Carrie Jenkins, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia

Leadership should be defined by consensus, not coercion in times of crisis – Christopher Finlay, Professor of Political Theory at Durham University

What does the corona crisis tell us about the value of work? – Lisa Herzog, professor of philosophy at the University of Groningen

Climate and coronavirus: the science is not the same – Eric Schliesser, professor of philosophy at the University of Amsterdam and Eric Winsberg, professor of philosophy at the University of South Florida

Why does traveling change us? – Emily Thomas, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Durham University

Why Human Rights Are Not Enough – Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen’s University

Why extremism is about psychology, not politics – Quassim Cassam, professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick

How the rhetoric of militarization undermines liberal ideals – Robert Simpson, Lecturer in Philosophy at University College London

What Jean-Jacques Rousseau can teach us on Twitter – Boris Litvin, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Stetson University

How Christmas Decorations Reflect Our Adornment Obsession – Stephen Davis, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Auckland

Is the quest for immortality worse than death? – Adrian Moore, professor of philosophy at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford

Why serious inequality is never justified – Philip Goff, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Durham University and David Faraci, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Durham University

The Myth of the Undeserved Poor – Jonathan Wolff, Blavatnik Chair in Public Policy and Board Member at Wolfson College, Oxford

Are drone strikes still ethical? – Trish Glazebrook, professor of philosophy at Washington State University

Privacy is a collective concern РCarissa V̩liz, researcher at the Uehiro Center for Practical Ethics, Oxford

Why conspiracy theories are deeply dangerous – Quassim Cassam, professor of philosophy at the University of Warwick.

Millennials agree to be vague about sex – Carrie Jenkins, professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia.

Why our relationship with technology is destroying the planet – Aaron James Wendland, assistant professor of philosophy at the Higher School of Economics.

Are human rights taking precedence over the space formerly occupied by politics? – John Tasioulas, Yeoh Professor of Politics, Philosophy and Law at King’s College London.

Marriage is an unequal institution that is a thing of the past – Clare Chambers, Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge.

Fifty years later, is it worth going back to the moon? – Tony Milligan, lecturer in ethics and philosophy of religion at King’s College London.

Where are all the women of ancient philosophy? – Peter Adamson, professor of ancient and late Arabic philosophy at Ludwig Maximilians Universität

Should business leaders be prosecuted for their wrongdoing? – Jeff McMahan, White Professor of Moral Philosophy at Corpus Christ College, Oxford

Can Placebo Surgery Ever Be Ethical? – David Papineau, professor of philosophy of science at King’s College London

When does someone “joke”? – Noël Carroll, professor emeritus of philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center

How to Live With Your Political Enemies – Brian Weatherson, Marshall Weinberg Professor of Philosophy at the University of Michigan

Should humans be allowed to colonize outer space? – Peter Singer, professor of bioethics at Princeton University, and Agata Sagan, researcher at the University of Warsaw

Climbing trees and raising children with Simone de Beauvoir – Jonathan Webber, professor of philosophy at Cardiff University

Human supremacism: why are animal rights activists still the orphans of the left? – Will Kymlicka, Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen’s University

The “post-work” problem – Jeff Noonan, professor of philosophy at the University of Windsor.

Why British jihadists cannot be accused of treason – Cecile Fabre, senior researcher at All Souls College, Oxford.

Like most secessionist movements, Brexit shows that breaking up is difficult – David Miller, professor of political theory at Nuffield College, Oxford.

How meritocracy sparked college admissions scandal – Michael McLendon, professor of political science at California State University.

A Philosophy for Our Age of Outrage – Todd May, 1941 Memorial Professor of Humanities at Clemson University.

In liberal democracies, should minorities have different rights? – Paul Patton, Professor of Scientia Philosophy at the University of New South Wales.

The digital age could mean a revolution in the workplace – for better or for worse – Liza Herzog, professor of political philosophy and theory at the Technical University of Munich

From golf to Grand Theft Auto, why do we love to play games? – Thomas Hurka, Jackman Emeritus Chair in Philosophical Studies at the University of Toronto

Why Brexit distorts the will of the people – Philip Pettit, professor of human values ​​at LS Rockefeller University at Princeton University

How can we teach objectivity in the age of post-truth? – Simon Blackburn, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

Taking Back Control for Real: The Case for Open Borders – Roger Crisp, Professor of Moral Philosophy at St Anne’s College, Oxford

Why we should stop focusing on what Muslim women wear – Alia Al-Saji, Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University

In the post-truth world we need to remember the philosophy of science – Timothy Williamson, Wykeham professor of logic at New College, Oxford

Backlash against “gender ideology” must end – Judith Butler, Maxine Elliot professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley

I was without a platform. Here’s why it’s counterproductive – Jeff McMahon, White’s moral philosophy professor at Corpus Christi College, Oxford

Philosophy must be trained out of the ivory tower and into the marketplace of ideas – Aaron James Wendland, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the Higher School of Economics

Martha Nussbaum: “There is no tension in supporting #MeToo and defending legal sex work” – Aaron James Wendland interviews Martha Nussbaum, pprofessor of law and ethics at the University of Chicago