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Some background: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/may/12/thousands-of-university-of-nottingham-staff-told-they-are-at-risk-of-redundancy Not only does Nottingham University have a good academic reputation, the city of Nottingham has a great…
Jacob Barrett, Ideal and Non- Ideal Theory (Cambridge University Press, 2026) Part of the Elements in Political Philosophy series. Permanently…
The irony here is that both Ben and Paul are fighting the wrong battle — like dinosaurs before the meteor…
I’m an international student presently enrolled in an American Philosophy PhD program. This and similar changes have sent a clear…
More wrongheaded? “Phenomenology”, perhaps.
It’s a very impressive book. I’m more positive than Robin because of the scholarly breadth and depth of Beckert’s research.…
Hard-hitting article, which mentions one philosopher, John Tasioulas, who recently stepped down from the “Ethics in AI” project at Oxford to return to his native Australia. (When I ran into an Oxford person recently, she said they were instructed by lawyers “not to talk about” Tasioulas’s departure.)
UPDATE: Professor Tasioulas denies the allegations, and says he will take legal action.
Saul Smilansky PARADOXICAL ETHICS (Oxford University Press, 2026). Available by Open Access. https://academic.oup.com/book/62721?login=false Paradoxical Ethics is a unique book, exploring…