On the night of 2–3 December 1984, a leak from the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the central Indian city of Bhopal released over forty tonnes of methyl isocyanate gas, exposing more than half a million people to one of the deadliest industrial disasters in recorded history. More than 30,000 have been lost, and over […]
UnKoch My Philosophy Department: Reject Billionaire Donations for Disability Justice!
This week, my paper on billionaire philanthropy and academic philosophy was published in a special, open access issue of the Journal of Academic Freedom, titled Philanthropy, Public Funding, and the Future of Academic Freedom. Along with over a dozen other excellent papers, my contribution underscores the corrupting influence of billionaire philanthropy on academia, focusing on academic philosophy. This corrupting influence is, as […]
La Estrategia de los Malos Modales según Alejandra Vitale
Desde la perspectiva retórica, el discurso violento (y la violencia en general, pienso yo) activa asociaciones de masculinidad y rebeldía (y juventud) que se espera sean acpetadas como positiva por el público al que van dirigidas, pero también afirma el propio poder de quién violenta: violento, porque puedo, es decir, porque tengo el poder que […]
Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Hybrid, 7–8 Nov 2025, Sciences Po
El valor de las emociones negativas
Forgive me if I’ve shunned so long Your gentle greeting, earth and air! Emily Brontë En tiempos recientes se ha vuelto cada vez mas común, en filosofía de la mente, explorar la hipótesis de que las emociones y afectos que tradicionalmente se consideran negativas como el enojo, la tristeza, aburrimiento, etc. en realidad no lo […]
Annette Baier, Michel Foucault, and the Future of Feminist Philosophy
A post on Bluesky drew my attention to Annette Baier’s famous article “Trust and Antitrust,” which appeared in Ethics in 1986. Many feminist philosophers (and others) regard this article as a pivotal contribution to feminist philosophy, ethics, and indeed, feminist ethics. For the longest time, I have questioned why no philosopher, and certainly no (straight?) […]
The APA’s Gaslighting Letter on Palestine
In July, Sara Aronowitz and Reza Hadisi authored a petition calling on the American Philosophical Association (APA) to condemn the war crimes and atrocities in Gaza, express solidarity with Palestinian scholars, and honor the APA’s commitment to the mission of Scholars at Risk (SAR). The petition currently has almost 500 signatures. A few weeks later, the APA board […]
Canadian Philosophy Departments Can Provide Refuge to Fascism’s Scapegoats
The US is a rising fascist regime. Migrant workers are being sent to international concentration camps. Trump is threatening to send addicts and Mad People to modern-day “lunatic asylums.” RFK Jr. wants to send “troubled teens” to “wellness farms,” resonant of the Willowbrooks of the past. Brian Kllmeade from Fox News advocated for the mass extermination of long-term unhoused people by […]
In-Person Philosophy Conferences as a Mask for Academic Imperialism
In an article published at CBC News on Friday, Natalie Stechyson writes the following: some employers in both the private and public sector are mandating that many workers have to come back full time. As a growing number of Canadians once again find themselves cramming public transit and clogging highways to get to their workplaces, you might be wondering: […]
Disability and Moral Responsibility in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Disability Studies
Friends will know that my main areas of specialization are moral responsibility and critical disability theory. The following is a draft of my forthcoming entry, “Disability and Moral Responsibility,” for the Philosophy and Theory of Disability area of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Disability Studies. This pathbreaking project is being curated by Shelley Tremain for the OUP’s Digital Reference Publications. […]
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