Eric Schwitzgebel
Believing in Monsters: David Livingstone Smith on the Subhuman
The Nazis called Jews rats and lice. White plantation owners called their Black slaves soulless animals. Pundits in Myanmar call Rohingya Muslims beasts, dogs, and maggots. Dehumanizing talk abounds in racist rhetoric worldwide. What do people believe, typically, when they speak this way? The easiest answers are wrong. Literal interpretation is out: Nazis didn’t believe […]
This Philosophical Argument Convinced People to Give More to Charity
How much would you pay to prevent your own child becoming blind?
How to Tell If You’re a Jerk
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
How to Tell If You’re a Jerk
If you think everyone around you is terrible, the joke may be on you.
