Brain in a Vat

Is Sex Amoral?

Suppose—as best you can—that you join an online group organized around a pagan fertility festival and privately message a fellow member to invite her to…

Jun 20 • Theo Lord

Should “Mass Shootings” Exist?

Imagine a world in which there has never been a mass shooting.

Jun 4 • Theo Lord

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May 2026

Is Race Real?

Does IQ Tell Us Anything About It?

May 3 • Theo Lord

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March 2026

Should We Disobey the Law?

A few weeks ago, in the state of Alabama, convicted murderer Charles Burton’s death sentence was commuted to a sentence of life without parole.

Mar 30 • Theo Lord

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Should We Be Allowed to Sell Our Organs?

Suppose that you have just gone to see your doctor for a routine checkup, and at the end, she has delivered some phenomenally upsetting news: you are…

Mar 10 • Theo Lord

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February 2026

To be or not to be?

Consider a case in which a 14 year old girl tells you of her plans to get pregnant and deliver a baby as soon as possible.

Feb 23 • Maya Underwood

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Eliminating Taxation

If you are like most people in the United States, you probably go to work five days per week and then return home at the end of it, satisfied with your…

Feb 23 • Theo Lord

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Do We Have a Right to Sex?

The phrase “a right to sex” has a way of making people recoil before they have even begun to think about it.

Feb 1 • Theo Lord

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January 2026

Does Life Have Any Meaning?

David Benatar’s pessimism may seem, at first glance, to be a mere rehearsal of a very familiar anxiety: What if there’s no point to my life? But unlike…

Jan 12 • Theo Lord

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December 2025

Mania, Equity, and Truth

Most of us have, at some point or another, lightheartedly chastised ourselves or our friends for doing something dumb.

Dec 18, 2025 • Theo Lord

November 2025

Can AI Bring Our Loved Ones Back?

Think back to the life of your most dearly departed.

Nov 23, 2025 • Maya Underwood

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The Politics of Disgust

​ Think of the last time you encountered something particularly nauseating: perhaps a dirty bathroom, expired milk, or a foul-smelling stranger.

Nov 23, 2025 • Theo Lord

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