⚖️ Ethics Of Representation

Who gets to tell whose story, and what responsibilities come with that power? A probing look at the moral dimensions of depicting others in art and media.

50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know

by Ben Dupré • 2013

50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.

3.83

121

🧠 Moral Philosophy ⚖️ Applied Ethics 📖 Philosophy Primer 🎓 Ethical Theories 🧬 Bioethics

50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know Summary

50 Ethics Ideas You Really Need to Know 89%

50 ethical ideas that show why your moral intuitions have a 2,000-year history.

by Ben Dupré 2013

3.83

121 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ⚖️ Applied Ethics 📖 Philosophy Primer 🎓 Ethical Theories 🧬 Bioethics

The Right to Oblivion

by Lowry Pressly • 2024

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

4.01

254

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy 💭 Forgetting And Memory 📊 Datafication

The Right to Oblivion 89%

Privacy isn't about controlling your data. It's about keeping whole regions of life unrecordable.

by Lowry Pressly 2024

4.01

254 ratings

👁️ Surveillance Studies ⚙️ Philosophy Of Technology 🔒 Digital Privacy 💭 Forgetting And Memory 📊 Datafication

Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair

by Hilde Lindemann Nelson • 2001

Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.

4.12

🧩 Narrative Identity 📜 Narrative Ethics ✊ Counter Storytelling 📢 Master Narratives 🪞 Internalized Oppression

Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair Summary

Damaged Identities, Narrative Repair 89%

Who you are is jointly told. Oppression writes a degrading version; counterstories write the repair.

by Hilde Lindemann Nelson 2001

4.12

50 ratings

🧩 Narrative Identity 📜 Narrative Ethics ✊ Counter Storytelling 📢 Master Narratives 🪞 Internalized Oppression

Ruined by Design

by Mike Monteiro • 2019

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

4.11

2k+

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Ruined by Design 89%

Every harmful app was a designer's decision. The principles for refusing to build the next one.

by Mike Monteiro 2019

4.11

2k+ ratings

🧭 Design Ethics 🌐 Tech Criticism 🌈 Diversity In Tech ✊ Collective Action ⚖️ Platform Accountability

Good Work

by Howard Gardner • 2001

Genetics soars; journalism collapses. The difference is not technology or money, but alignment.

3.76

272

🏛️ Professional Ethics 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work ⚖️ Profit Vs Purpose 🤖 Technology And Ethics 📜 Modern Virtue Ethics

Good Work 89%

Genetics soars; journalism collapses. The difference is not technology or money, but alignment.

by Howard Gardner 2001

3.76

272 ratings

🏛️ Professional Ethics 🎯 Purpose-Driven Work ⚖️ Profit Vs Purpose 🤖 Technology And Ethics 📜 Modern Virtue Ethics

Graven Images

by Dietrich von Hildebrand • 1957

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

4.17

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Graven Images 89%

Your conscience may be a counterfeit, shaped by pride, not goodness. A philosopher explains how.

by Dietrich von Hildebrand 1957

4.17

12 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy ✝️ Catholic Moral Theology 🛡️ Honor Codes 🎭 Self-Deception 🔍 Phenomenology

Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It

by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2024

AI dismantles democracy not by malice but by logic. The philosophical fightback begins here.

3.26

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Technology Ethics 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤖 Ai Governance ⚡ Power And Technology

Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It Summary

Why AI Undermines Democracy and What To Do About It 89%

AI dismantles democracy not by malice but by logic. The philosophical fightback begins here.

by Mark Coeckelbergh 2024

3.26

54 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Technology Ethics 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤖 Ai Governance ⚡ Power And Technology

Migrations to Solitude

by Sue Halpern • 1992

Hospitals, homes, monasteries: privacy is vanishing everywhere, and the cost is measured in dignity.

3.34

108

🔐 Privacy Erosion ⚕️ Medical Ethics 🧘 Contemplative Solitude 🏚️ Homelessness 🕯️ End Of Life Care

Migrations to Solitude 88%

Hospitals, homes, monasteries: privacy is vanishing everywhere, and the cost is measured in dignity.

by Sue Halpern 1992

3.34

108 ratings

🔐 Privacy Erosion ⚕️ Medical Ethics 🧘 Contemplative Solitude 🏚️ Homelessness 🕯️ End Of Life Care

Lying

by Sam Harris • 2011

White lies still poison trust. Radical honesty is the only stable foundation for real relationships.

3.88

23k+

🤥 Lying 🗣️ Radical Honesty 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🤝 Interpersonal Ethics ⚛️ Secular Ethics

Lying 88%

White lies still poison trust. Radical honesty is the only stable foundation for real relationships.

by Sam Harris 2011

3.88

23k+ ratings

🤥 Lying 🗣️ Radical Honesty 🏛️ Moral Philosophy 🤝 Interpersonal Ethics ⚛️ Secular Ethics

AI Ethics

by Mark Coeckelbergh • 2020

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

3.63

903

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

AI Ethics 88%

Your phone, your hospital, your job: AI is already there. The ethics have barely begun.

by Mark Coeckelbergh 2020

3.63

903 ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 🏛️ Technology Policy ⚖️ Machine Learning Bias 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 👁️ Privacy And Surveillance

The Occasional Human Sacrifice

by Carl Elliott • 2024

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

3.86

512

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Occasional Human Sacrifice 88%

They expose deadly medical experiments and lose everything. Why they can't stay silent.

by Carl Elliott 2024

3.86

512 ratings

🏥 Medical Ethics 📢 Whistleblowing 🏛️ Institutional Betrayal 🔬 Research Ethics 🤫 Organizational Silence

The Least of All Possible Evils

by Eyal Weizman • 2012

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

4.19

224

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

The Least of All Possible Evils 88%

When humanitarian law calculates acceptable civilian deaths, it also makes them thinkable.

by Eyal Weizman 2012

4.19

224 ratings

🩸 Aid And Complicity 🤷 Lesser Evil Logic 📊 Proportionality In War 🗺️ Spatial Politics 🌍 Critical Geography

Aesthetics of Excess

by Jillian Hernandez • 2020

Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.

4.26

🎨 Art Criticism ✊🏿 Black Feminism 👔 Respectability Politics 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Cultural Studies

Aesthetics of Excess 88%

Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.

by Jillian Hernandez 2020

4.26

42 ratings

🎨 Art Criticism ✊🏿 Black Feminism 👔 Respectability Politics 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Cultural Studies

Standpoints

by Svend Brinkmann • 2018

Modernity wants a use for everything. Ten old ideas that refuse to earn their keep.

3.77

787

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Existential Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🏙️ Modernity Critique 🤝 Ethics Of Care

Standpoints 88%

Modernity wants a use for everything. Ten old ideas that refuse to earn their keep.

by Svend Brinkmann 2018

3.77

787 ratings

🚫 Anti-Self-Help 🧠 Existential Philosophy 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 🏙️ Modernity Critique 🤝 Ethics Of Care

Introduction to Documentary

by Bill Nichols • 2001

Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.

3.77

484

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📖 Film Theory 📜 Documentary History 📝 Nonfiction Storytelling 💬 Visual Rhetoric

Introduction to Documentary 88%

Reality does not speak for itself. How documentary turns observation into argument, frame by frame.

by Bill Nichols 2001

3.77

484 ratings

🎬 Documentary Filmmaking 📖 Film Theory 📜 Documentary History 📝 Nonfiction Storytelling 💬 Visual Rhetoric

12 Bytes

by Jeanette Winterson • 2021

AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.

3.90

2k+

🤖 Ai Ethics 💻 History Of Computing 👩‍💻 Tech Feminism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

12 Bytes 88%

AI has a history: female, literary, and older than electricity. A novelist connects the dots.

by Jeanette Winterson 2021

3.90

2k+ ratings

🤖 Ai Ethics 💻 History Of Computing 👩‍💻 Tech Feminism 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism ⚖️ Algorithmic Bias

Philosophy Bites

by David Edmonds • 2012

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

3.69

371

Philosophy Bites 88%

The big questions of philosophy, served in bite-sized interviews with today's leading thinkers.

by David Edmonds 2012

3.69

371 ratings

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette

by Stephen Hess • 1998

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

1.00

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette Summary

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette 88%

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

by Stephen Hess 1998

1.00

1 ratings

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy

by Jacob M. Held • 2011

Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.

4.14

441

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📚 Children's Literature ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🌍 Environmental Ethics 🏛️ Social Contract

Dr. Seuss and Philosophy 88%

Philosophy hid on your childhood shelf. Horton on knowledge, the Lorax on ethics, Yertle on power.

by Jacob M. Held 2011

4.14

441 ratings

🧠 Pop Philosophy 📚 Children's Literature ⚖️ Moral Dilemmas 🌍 Environmental Ethics 🏛️ Social Contract

Code Dependent

by Madhumita Murgia • 2024

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

4.03

3k+

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Code Dependent 88%

Behind every AI is an exploited, invisible workforce. A reporter traces the human supply chain.

by Madhumita Murgia 2024

4.03

3k+ ratings

⚖️ Algorithmic Bias 🤖 Ai Ethics 👷 Digital Labor 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism 🛡️ Content Moderation

Altered Inheritance

by Françoise Baylis • 2019

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

3.53

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

Altered Inheritance 88%

We can rewrite our children's genes. The danger is letting a few people set the rules.

by Françoise Baylis 2019

3.53

94 ratings

🧬 Genome Editing ⚖️ Bioethics 🏛️ Science Policy 🌍 Genetic Justice 👶 Designer Babies

The Case against Perfection

by Michael J. Sandel • 2007

Genetic engineering really threatens: the humility and mutual obligation a decent society needs.

3.83

2k+

🧬 Bioethics 🧫 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Enhancement ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 🧘 Human Limits

The Case against Perfection 88%

Genetic engineering really threatens: the humility and mutual obligation a decent society needs.

by Michael J. Sandel 2007

3.83

2k+ ratings

🧬 Bioethics 🧫 Genetic Engineering 🧪 Human Enhancement ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 🧘 Human Limits

El Hombre Light

by Enrique Rojas • 1992

When everything is permitted and nothing matters, a new kind of person emerges: informed and hollow.

3.12

535

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🧭 Moral Psychology 🛒 Consumerism Critique 🕳️ Existential Emptiness 📺 Media Critique

El Hombre Light 88%

When everything is permitted and nothing matters, a new kind of person emerges: informed and hollow.

by Enrique Rojas 1992

3.12

535 ratings

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🧭 Moral Psychology 🛒 Consumerism Critique 🕳️ Existential Emptiness 📺 Media Critique

Spoilt Rotten

by dalrymple-theodore • 2010

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

3.96

1k+

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry 🎭 Victimhood Culture ⚖️ Public Policy Critique

Spoilt Rotten 88%

Sentiment now governs law, schools, and foreign aid. The cruelty that follows is no accident.

by dalrymple-theodore 2010

3.96

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🗣️ Political Polemics 🔍 Rational Inquiry 🎭 Victimhood Culture ⚖️ Public Policy Critique

Black Mirror and Philosophy

by David Kyle Johnson • 2019

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

4.09

161

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

Black Mirror and Philosophy 88%

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

by David Kyle Johnson 2019

4.09

161 ratings

🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

3.45

4k+

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

The Simpsons and Philosophy 88%

Nietzsche through Ned Flanders. Aristotle through Homer. A course in Western thought, in yellow.

by William Irwin 2001

3.45

4k+ ratings

📺 Tv Criticism 🧩 Applied Philosophy 🎬 Pop Culture Criticism 🤡 Satire ⚖️ Ethics And Morality

Doppelganger

by Naomi Klein • 2023

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

4.19

37k+

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Doppelganger 88%

Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.

by Naomi Klein 2023

4.19

37k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Memoir 🕳️ Conspiracy Theories 🎭 Digital Identity 📰 Media Criticism 🛡️ Information Warfare

Rage Inside the Machine

by Robert Elliott Smith • 2019

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

3.97

145

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

Rage Inside the Machine 88%

Algorithms reduce reality to neat categories. Prejudice is not a bug but the predictable exhaust.

by Robert Elliott Smith 2019

3.97

145 ratings

🧩 Algorithmic Bias 🤖 AI Ethics 💻 Tech Criticism 🎲 History Of Probability 🕸️ Complex Systems

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

4.02

996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

We Need New Stories 88%

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

by Nesrine Malik 2021

4.02

996 ratings

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media

by Carrie James • 2009

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

3.53

112

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity 🔒 Privacy Ethics 🌐 Participatory Culture

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media Summary

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media 88%

Young people face five ethical tests online every day. No one is teaching them the answers.

by Carrie James 2009

3.53

112 ratings

🏛️ Digital Citizenship 🧠 Adolescent Development 🎭 Online Identity 🔒 Privacy Ethics 🌐 Participatory Culture

Ethics

by Harry J. Gensler • 1385

From divine commands to the golden rule: a systematic tour of the major moral theories.

3.42

140

🧠 Moral Philosophy 📘 Introductory Ethics 🗺️ Ethical Theory Survey 🔍 Metaethics ⚖️ Moral Reasoning

Ethics 88%

From divine commands to the golden rule: a systematic tour of the major moral theories.

by Harry J. Gensler 1385

3.42

140 ratings

🧠 Moral Philosophy 📘 Introductory Ethics 🗺️ Ethical Theory Survey 🔍 Metaethics ⚖️ Moral Reasoning

Team Human

by Douglas Rushkoff • 2019

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

3.83

1k+

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

Team Human 88%

Technology promised connection but atomized us. The fix is not code; it is reclaiming our humanity.

by Douglas Rushkoff 2019

3.83

1k+ ratings

📱 Digital Criticism ⚠️ Algorithmic Bias 🧬 Social Creatures 🤝 Collective Action 🏘️ Localism

One World

by Peter Singer • 2002

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

3.72

1k+

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

One World 88%

Borders do not contain carbon, missiles, or pandemics. They should not contain your conscience.

by Peter Singer 2002

3.72

1k+ ratings

🌍 Global Ethics 🏛️ Cosmopolitanism 💡 Effective Altruism 🧮 Utilitarianism 🌡️ Climate Ethics

The Way We Eat

by Peter Singer • 2006

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

4.09

4k+

🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming 🏷️ Ethical Consumerism 🌱 Vegan Ethics

The Way We Eat 88%

What three American meals reveal about the hidden moral cost of your dinner.

by Peter Singer 2006

4.09

4k+ ratings

🥕 Food Ethics 🐷 Animal Welfare 🏭 Factory Farming 🏷️ Ethical Consumerism 🌱 Vegan Ethics

Design Justice

by Sasha Costanza-Chock • 2020

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

4.18

548

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Design Justice 88%

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020

4.18

548 ratings

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Racism as Zoological Witchcraft

by Aph Ko • 2019

Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.

4.48

301

⚖️ Critical Race Theory 🐾 Animal Studies 🧬 Human Animal Binary 🥬 Veganism And Race 🌑 Afro-Pessimism

Racism as Zoological Witchcraft 88%

Racism is a ritual of consumption that devours animal and human bodies. Here's the exit strategy.

by Aph Ko 2019

4.48

301 ratings

⚖️ Critical Race Theory 🐾 Animal Studies 🧬 Human Animal Binary 🥬 Veganism And Race 🌑 Afro-Pessimism

How Propaganda Works

by Jason F. Stanley • 2015

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

3.59

859

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

How Propaganda Works 88%

How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.

by Jason F. Stanley 2015

3.59

859 ratings

🔍 Propaganda Studies 🗳️ Political Language 💬 Philosophy Of Language ⚖️ Epistemic Injustice 🧠 Ideology Critique

The Posthuman

by Rosi Braidotti • 2013

Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.

3.82

949

📚 Critical Theory 🤖 Posthumanism 🐾 Animal Studies 🌍 Anthropocene 🏛️ Biopolitics

The Posthuman 88%

Humanism promised progress but delivered exclusion. A theory of what we become next.

by Rosi Braidotti 2013

3.82

949 ratings

📚 Critical Theory 🤖 Posthumanism 🐾 Animal Studies 🌍 Anthropocene 🏛️ Biopolitics

Westworld and Philosophy

by Richard Greene • 2018

Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.

3.81

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤖 Artificial Consciousness 🔗 Free Will Debate ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology

Westworld and Philosophy 88%

Westworld turns consequence-free violence into philosophy's sharpest questions about your own mind.

by Richard Greene 2018

3.81

21 ratings

🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind 🤖 Artificial Consciousness 🔗 Free Will Debate ⚖️ Ethics Of Technology

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

by Omar El Akkad • 2025

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

4.57

67k+

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique 🗣️ Language And Power ✊ Resistance And Refusal

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Summary

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This 88%

The liberal West is counterfeit: rules bend for power, and empathy is a weapon.

by Omar El Akkad 2025

4.57

67k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Liberalism 🎭 Liberal Complicity 📰 Media Critique 🗣️ Language And Power ✊ Resistance And Refusal

The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt

by Peter Gratton • 2020

Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.

🏛️ Political Theory 🏴 Totalitarianism 📚 Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 🏙️ Public Space

The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt Summary

The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt 88%

Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.

by Peter Gratton 2020

🏛️ Political Theory 🏴 Totalitarianism 📚 Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology 🏙️ Public Space

Ethics for the Real World

by Ronald A. Howard • 2008

Small justifications unravel integrity. An advance ethical code stops the slide before it starts.

4.02

6k+

🏢 Business Ethics ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🧠 Moral Psychology 📜 Practical Philosophy 🪞 Cognitive Biases

Ethics for the Real World 88%

Small justifications unravel integrity. An advance ethical code stops the slide before it starts.

by Ronald A. Howard 2008

4.02

6k+ ratings

🏢 Business Ethics ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making 🧠 Moral Psychology 📜 Practical Philosophy 🪞 Cognitive Biases

Bunk

by Kevin Young • 2017

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

3.18

1k+

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Bunk 88%

America's real tradition is the hoax, and its most reliable lever is race.

by Kevin Young 2017

3.18

1k+ ratings

🎭 Hoaxes And Deception 📝 Cultural Criticism 🎪 Racial Appropriation 📚 Literary Hoaxes ✍️ Plagiarism

Breaking Bad and Philosophy

by David R. Koepsell • 2012

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

3.30

274

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics 🧠 Existentialism 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

Breaking Bad and Philosophy 88%

A philosophy class uses Walter White to dissect moral rot, freedom, and the American Dream.

by David R. Koepsell 2012

3.30

274 ratings

🎬 Media Philosophy 📺 Tv Criticism ⚖️ Applied Ethics 🧠 Existentialism 🇺🇸 American Dream Critique

The End of Faith

by Sam Harris • 2004

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

3.89

44k+

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity 🧭 Secular Ethics ⚖️ Faith Vs Reason

The End of Faith 88%

Religious moderates make faith immune to criticism, and extremists exploit that immunity.

by Sam Harris 2004

3.89

44k+ ratings

📖 New Atheism 💥 Religious Violence 🔴 Islam And Modernity 🧭 Secular Ethics ⚖️ Faith Vs Reason

Sovereignty

by Ryan Michler • 2018

Christian ethics aims not to tell you what's good but to undo your need to ask.

4.25

1k+

🕊️ Christocentric Ethics 📖 Neo-Orthodox Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross ⚔️ Sacred Secular Divide 👶 Sanctity Of Life

Sovereignty 88%

Christian ethics aims not to tell you what's good but to undo your need to ask.

by Ryan Michler 2018

4.25

1k+ ratings

🕊️ Christocentric Ethics 📖 Neo-Orthodox Theology ✝️ Theology Of The Cross ⚔️ Sacred Secular Divide 👶 Sanctity Of Life

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed

by Howard Gardner • 2010

Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.

3.48

216

🧭 Moral Education 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💻 Digital Age Ethics 🎨 Aesthetic Education 👶 Child Moral Development

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed Summary

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed 88%

Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.

by Howard Gardner 2010

3.48

216 ratings

🧭 Moral Education 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💻 Digital Age Ethics 🎨 Aesthetic Education 👶 Child Moral Development

Star Wars and Philosophy

by Kevin S. Decker • 2005

Jedi ethics, droid minds, and why the Republic fell: the real philosophy hidden inside Star Wars.

4.04

2k+

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4.04

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The Image 88%

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4.07

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Monsters 88%

Our favorite art was made by awful people. A critic's personal, unresolved struggle with that fact.

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3.68

23k+ ratings

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