Authors

Author: "Stephen Anderson"

Technologists & Ethicists

Stephen L. Anderson laments inadequate moral insight among tech leaders.
[Issue 166: February/March 2025: Articles]

Sad Love by Carrie Jenkins

Stephen Anderson is sad about modern writings on love.
[Issue 160: February/March 2024: Books]

Hap & Happiness

Stephen Anderson meditates on misfortune and meaning.
[Issue 155: April/May 2023: Articles]

Cynical Theories by James Lindsay & Helen Pluckrose

Stephen Anderson takes Social Justice Warriors to philosophical task.
[Issue 143: April/May 2021: Books]

Logos by Raymond Tallis

We seek purpose and enlightenment as Stephen Anderson attempts to understand Raymond Tallis’s attempt to understand our understanding of the world.
[Issue 131: April/May 2019: Books]

I Am Not A Brain by Markus Gabriel

Stephen Anderson agrees with Markus Gabriel that our minds aren’t brains.
[Issue 129: December 2018 / January 2019: Books]

Empathy & Morality

Stephen Anderson asks if empathy helps us feel the Good or just feel good.
[Issue 116: October/November 2016: Books]

Atheism on Trial

Stephen Anderson sternly judges a cause célèbre.
[Issue 109: August/September 2015: Articles]

Thoughts on Oughts

Stephen Anderson reflects on responses to Hume’s argument that we can’t derive moral duties from facts.
[Issue 99: November/December 2013: Articles]

The Impossibility of Perfection by Michael Slote

Stephen Anderson asks Michael Slote if you really must be perfect to be moral.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Books]