Kant, Freedom, and Progress
Kant makes a strange claim: freedom can be good for the progress of the human species even when it makes life worse for particular human beings. What could it mean for a species—not a person—to progress?
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Ignorance, Intelligence, and Human Worth
Not knowing three European countries may reveal ignorance. It may even be evidence of low intelligence. But when does an inequality in ability become an inequality in worth—and what kind of worth are we talking about?
The Myth of the Town Sheriff
Movies give us the sheriff who knows everyone, settles disputes, and holds the town together. The institutional history of American policing is far less tidy. The contrast raises a better question: what should “community policing” actually mean?
Nothing filed under that heading yet. Give me time to overthink it.