Quassim Cassam (Warwick): Vice Epistemology (“Vice epistemology is the philosophical study of the nature, identity, and epistemological significance of intellectual vices. Such vices include gullibility, dogmatism, prejudice, closed-mindedness, and negligence”.) Walt Hickey on the long history of musicians telling Republicans to stop playing their music. Jessica Valenti on why we need to stop rapists, not change who gets raped. Save Alexander Hamilton: Ron Chernow, the author of the definitive bio of the first Treasury secretary, says he deserves top billing on the $10 bill. The introduction to Government Paternalism: Nanny State or Helpful Friend? by Julian Le Grand and Bill New. What happens if the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell? The simplest answer is that Republican states get screwed, but the case doesn’t threaten the law itself. Republicans are not happy John Kasich told them they are monsters. The Internet accused Alice Goffman of faking details in her study of a black neighborhood; Jesse Singal went to Philadelphia to check. Joseph Heath on Pope Francis’ climate error. Pope Francis a liberal free thinker? Don’t kid yourself — Francis can never steer humanity to environmental salvation while he remains in thrall to Catholic dogma on birth control. Philosophy for a generation of adult infants: Jonathon Sturgeon reviews Why Grow Up? Subversive Thoughts for an Infantile Age by Susan Neiman.
