CRISPR has turned the customization of babies from science fiction into an imminent policy concern. Medicine has long used the distinction between therapy and enhancement to draw the line between treatment and design. Can this distinction hold up in a new age of genetic editing?
Lethal autonomous weapons already exist, and the language meant to regulate them was built to reassure rather than restrict. Where is the line, and who is left to draw it?
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Two essays exploring one of the oldest questions in philosophy, digging into the difference between genuine knowledge and mere belief.
As AI companions promise to cure our loneliness, we may be sleepwalking into a world where the messy, deeply human work of connection is quietly replaced.
Is Augustine's claim that evil exists as a product of human freewill a sound claim?
This is my cumulative yearlong senior research paper. The separation of religion and politics is more often asserted than examined. This paper critically examines that assertion enough—tracing what a genuinely secular government would require and whether any has ever achieved it.
How can we differentiate between terrorism and revolution, both as an ideology and operational force? What do we consider to be a legitimate use of violence?
The United States' militaristic approach to foreign policy has often revealed significant shortcomings. Do the destructive consequences of militarism outweigh its short-term effectiveness?
Bertrand Russell suggests that achieving objective thought requires setting aside emotions. But can we ever truly separate understanding from subjective experience?
The question of the moral and practical responsibility that one's belief warrants is more nuanced than it seems. Not only must we examine if belief warrants responsibility, but exactly why it does.