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The sharpest critic of moral philosophy in the last quarter of the twentieth century put the same objection to utilitarianism and to Kantianism alike: both estrange a person from his own life. The notions of 'moral luck' and 'one thought too many' were born there.
The uprising that began at Saint-Domingue on 22 August 1791 became the hardest test the universality of human rights has faced. On the same day in 1864 the first Geneva Convention was signed, committing to paper the idea that even war has limits.
The September-October lists of the university presses are out. Philippe Huneman's critique of profiling, Stephen Batchelor's comparison of the Buddha and Socrates, and Stanford's Nietzsche volume stand out.
The New York University philosopher received the degree of Doctor of Humanities at Yale's 325th commencement. His new book, on religion and the birth of the social sciences, is published by Yale University Press.
Kwame Anthony Appiah
The text of the article in Philosophy & Public Affairs was written by Claude; the thesis came from Simon Goldstein of the University of Hong Kong, who edited the piece. The decision has opened a debate about what authorship means in the field.
The author of After Virtue died in 2025 at the age of 96. His thesis that the modern moral vocabulary is a heap of unintelligible fragments is still being argued over.
Alasdair MacIntyre
The philosopher who named epistemic injustice used the 2026 Uehiro Lectures to examine how moral demands shape people. She also gave this year's Dewey Lectures at Columbia.
Miranda Fricker
'The Basics of Philosophy', directed by Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader, screens out of competition at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September. At its centre is a philosophy professor living with the guilt of a decision made long ago.
Demand for people with a philosophy training is rising on ethics, reasoning and safety teams. Luciano Floridi describes the move from departments to technology companies as a 'haemorrhage'.
Luciano Floridi
