Paul Nedelisky is an Assistant Director and a Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. He is the co-author with James Davison Hunter of Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality.
Was this man Parfit some kind of sociopath?
This project is and always has been worthwhile, even if groups of detractors talk themselves out of it from time to time.
Quantification is more than merely a means of communication and persuasion in a fragmented culture.
Does understanding really rule out wonder?
What happens if we become willing to trade in an understanding of a rich and meaning-laden feature of our nature for, well, something we can share with a rat.
What's the real-world significance of arguing in a New York Times op-ed that life doesn't exist? More than we might initially think.