Portrait of America's Young Adults: Wary but Optimistic
Generational snapshots sometimes confound us in the ways actual photographs do.
Measuring Virtue in the Audit Society
Posted on April 3, 2014
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Perhaps the most interesting thing about the conference was the very question of measuring virtue. Who is asking this question and why now?
Democraphobia
If the world is turning into a bleak stage for the cynical manipulation and abuse of democratic principles for undemocratic, illiberal, or simply self-aggrandizing ends, then the United States cannot hold itself entirely blameless.
In Defense of the Misunderstood Hedgehog
It is our 21st-century age-of-the-brand duty to come to the defense of our namesake, the hedgehog, recently maligned.
Is Nothing Truly Alive?
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.
The Debate Over Nudging
A recent post on "nudging" by Charles Mathewes and Christina McRorie has sparked three thoughtful replies on the blog Political Theology, each representing a different philosophical camp.