The Ethical Frontier

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Chris Ranalli is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at VU Amsterdam.

Website: https://chris-ranalli.weebly.com/

Article: https://1000wordphilosophy.com/2022/01/16/indoctrination/

Summary:In this interview, we discuss Ranalli's account of indoctrination. He argues that indoctrination is most fundamentally a structural epistemic phenomenon that results in closed-minded beliefs. The sources of indoctrination are diverse: institutional structures, technological systems, ideological frames, and individual actions. What unites them is that they lead to the systematic failure to consider seriously the relevant alternatives to what we are taught, whether by accident or by design.

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Craig Klugman is Vincent De Paul Professor of Bioethics and Health Humanities at DePaul University.

Website: https://craigklugman.com/

Summary: In this interview, we discuss the ethics of the Christa Pike case. Christa Pike is a death row inmate who suffered a botched execution and was then taken to the hospital. This conversation touches upon the intersection of the ethics of capital punishment and medical ethics.

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M R.X. Dentith is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Beijing Normal University at Zhuhai.

Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com/

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Conspiracy-Theories-Matthew-Dentith/dp/1137363150

Summary:In this interview, we discuss the nature of conspiracy theories, how to respond to them, and why we should respond to them.

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John Park is an Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at California State University, Sacramento.

Website: https://johnjpark.weebly.com/

Book: Beyond Democracy, Toward Meritocracy

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Summary: In this interview, Park proposes what he calls a prometheocracy, which is a system of government that is a mixture of democracy and meritocracy. In this hybrid model, politicians must meet certain requirements in order to be elected.

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Raja Halwani is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Website: https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/raja-el-halwani

Summary:

In this interview, Professor Raja Halwani argues that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fundamentally a territorial dispute. Halwani explains how the Zionist project, specifically the pursuit of a Jewish state with a secure demographic majority, led to the displacement of the indigenous Palestinian population. He posits that the two-state solution is currently obstructed by Israel's expansion of settlements and occupation, suggesting that an ideal, though currently difficult, path toward peace would be a single, secular state where all inhabitants possess equal rights.

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Colin Farrelly is Sir Edward Peacock Professor of Political Theory at Queen's University.

Website: https://colinfarrelly.com/

Book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/aging-and-the-ethics-of-longevity-science-9780197830031?cc=ca&lang=en&

Summary:In this interview, we examine the ethical and societal implications of population aging and longevity science. Should aging be construed as a disease? Will the development of aging drugs exacerbate or help redress health disparities? Should the development of such drugs be construed as something harmful or beneficial to planetary health? And how might rate control impact the health and well-being of women, who survive longer than men but with poorer health?

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Samuel Moyn is Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale University.

Website: https://history.yale.edu/people/samuel-moyn

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Gerontocracy-America-Hoarding-Power-Wealth_and/dp/0374607648

Summary:In this interview, we discuss Moyn's argument about how we live in a gerontocracy, meaning a society ruled by the old. Moyn argues that the old hold a disproportionate amount of the wealth and power, and that they generally act in their self-interest at the expense of younger people. We also discuss his proposals for fixing this problem.

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Raja Halwani is Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Liberal Arts at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Website: https://www.saic.edu/profiles/faculty/raja-el-halwani

Summary:In this interview, we discuss the concept of sexual racism. Halwani argues that what matters is not necessarily how people got their racial preferences but rather what their current attitude toward their preferences is. If they want to get rid of their racial preferences, then they're not racist. If, however, they endorse them, then they are racist.

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Charles Camosy is an associate professor of moral theology/ethics at The Catholic University of America.

Website: https://www.charlescamosy.com/

Summary:Charlie Camosy argues that using IVF is wrong because, by using it, we treat our children like products to be optimized and customized to our liking. Instead of seeing children as products to fit into our life plans, we should see them as gifts.

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Jessica Flanigan is the Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond.

Website: https://jepson.richmond.edu/faculty/bios/jflaniga/

Book: https://a.co/d/3iv1vpm

Summary:In Pharmaceutical Freedom, Jessica Flanigan defends patients' rights of self-medication. Flanigan argues that public officials should certify drugs instead of enforcing prohibitive pharmaceutical policies that disrespect people's rights to make intimate medical decisions and prevent patients from accessing potentially beneficial new therapies. This argument has revisionary implications for important and timely debates about medical paternalism, recreational drug legalization, human enhancement, prescription drug prices, physician-assisted suicide, and pharmaceutical marketing. The need for reform is especially urgent as medical treatment becomes increasingly personalized and patients advocate for the right to try.