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A Day

Through a corporate office that quietly becomes a poultry farm, this satirical story examines how capitalism turns work into ritual and workers into commodities, alienating people from their bodies, desires, and humanity.

Episode 3: Singer's Drowning Child

If saving someone costs us very little, are we morally required to act? Peter Singer’s “drowning child” thought experiment asks whether distance should make any difference to what we owe others.

Ode to a Scab -- Is Strikebreaking Moral?

This essay argues that strikebreaking can be morally permissible when it reflects voluntary contract, individual self-preservation, and freedom from coerced solidarity, even though it may weaken collective bargaining and workplace unity.

"Mind-Dependent Objectivity": A Preliminary Exploration

This essay, by defending “mind-dependent objectivity,” shows how morality can depend on human attitudes while still allowing for better and worse moral judgments. It argues that moral disagreement does not eliminate the possibility of moral objectivity.

Why and When Germline Editing is Permissible

This article argues that gene editing for the purpose of curing or preventing serious disease can be morally acceptable, even when future children cannot consent, because parents already make many welfare-shaping decisions before children can exercise autonomy. It defends a cautious, regulated approach that permits therapeutic edits while rejecting cosmetic or preference-based genetic control that risks objectifying children, encouraging eugenics, and undermining their future moral personhood.

In-vitro Meat and a Relational Argument For Meat as "Morally Permissible Moral Mistakes"

This article argues that in-vitro meat is ethically preferable to ordinary meat because it avoids killing animals while preserving many of the cultural and dietary functions of meat. It defends a relation-based approach to food ethics, claiming that ordinary meat-eating may be "suberogatory" or a morally permissible moral mistake, while lab-grown meat offers a realistic path toward reducing animal suffering, environmental harm, and unfair demands on people with limited dietary options.