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Online Exclusive • 02/27/2026 • Blog

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Online Exclusive • 11/17/2025 • Online Essay

Department of Violence

Pete Hegseth's speech and the U.S. military strikes on alleged drug boats reveal an American policy of war without rules, violence without constraint.

By Christopher Kutz

Online Exclusive • 10/23/2025 • Online Essay

Beware the Boomerang Effect: Why U.S. Strikes on Alleged Drug Boats Pose a Profound Threat to American Freedom

The U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats point toward an intensification of unchecked destructive and coercive power that directly threatens civil and political freedom.

By Christopher J Finlay

Online Exclusive • 10/10/2025 • Online Essay

Ethics in a Complex World: Why Moral Clarity Is Not Simple

When acknowledging moral complexity, we do not face one simple right answer, but a field of “side-by-side” truths.

By Mathias Risse

Online Exclusive • 10/10/2025 • Online Essay

Plugging The Ethical Literacy Gap

What is needed is a real commitment to ethics literacy in the academy and in society as a whole.

By Stephen Gardiner

Online Exclusive • 07/11/2025 • Blog

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Online Exclusive • 06/27/2025 • Online Essay

The Cosmic Precipice: Why Weaponizing Space Hurts Us All

Calls to weaponize space are at minimum careless and at worst actively harmful. We should protect the peaceful use of space as a global commons.

By Ann C. Thresher & Mai'a K. Davis Cross

Online Exclusive • 06/11/2025 • Online Essay

The Impact of Pope Francis: The Pope as a Moral Leader on the Global Stage

The late Pope Francis was widely seen as a significant and influential figure during his time in office.

By James Murphy

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