I like this paper. Therefore it is good and everyone should read it. Open access. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Why do Republicans love handouts so much?

As an academic, I am amazed that a *committee* could get the CFP rankings so wrong. It's almost as if the committee was swayed by something other than reason. Imagine that happening in academia! #philsky #cfp

Although very distinguished, the Wykeham Professor is required to fight Mike Tyson, a fact that is strangely omitted in the job description. #philsky philjobs.org/job/show/30445

We are, without question, the stupidest people yet to exist.

Voltaire commenting on 2025 America: "They have other powerful men beneath them, and these have still others, who all enrich themselves with the spoils of the poor, grow fat on their blood, and laugh at their stupidity."

If not this guy, then who can you trust? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

A new book by Zach Vereb, Kant and Environmental Philosophy. I read a draft and highly recommend it. #philsky www.cambridge.org/us/universit...

Falling asleep at his job is the least objectionable thing the guy has done so far.

The worm did its best. What good have you done today? politicalwire.com/2025/10/14/w...

A video about my paper on Kant and the neglected alternative objection. #philsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6V6...

A new paper of mine arguing that ethical theory is not inept when it comes to climate change, although policy-makers don't care. Full ms below. #philsky #climatechange philpapers.org/rec/SVOCCA

A new paper of mine on Kant, space and time, and the so-called neglected alternative objection. #philsky philpapers.org/rec/SVOTDO-3

The vilification of people who protest genuine war crimes is singularly shameful and entirely to be expected.

The "He Gets Us" campaign has taken a strange turn. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/w...

Happy Endangered Species Day to all who celebrate.

A promising job ad here: "If this succeeds and you’re not earning $100K within a year, I will have failed. Failure is not an option." So 100K is guaranteed? philjobs.org/job/show/29117

Here is a new database of researchers working on geoengineering, SRM in particular. @peteirvine.bsky.social #climate srm360.org/researcher-d...

Does anyone know why Republicans hate America so much? It seems like a strange fixation.

In my graduate program there was a persistent rumor that one of the faculty had come into possession of Kant's skull. He did nothing to dispel the rumor. #philsky

I'm heading to the International Association for the Study of Environment, Space and Place this weekend to talk about geoengineering, aesthetics, and this painting.

I'm sure they'll put it to good use. politicalwire.com/2025/04/23/1...

Upcoming workshop on Kant, animals, and the environment. I'll be there. philevents.org/event/show/1...

There was a veneer? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...

To call the demolition of this country a "conservative" movement is really an insult to the four or five principled conservatives who still exist.

It is again instructive that the two most extreme members of the Supreme Court were appointed by "normal" Republican presidents.

A short video about my new book, A Philosophical Case for Ecological Pessimism #philsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJmJ...

Fight the forces of evil now, or we're all fucked. politicalwire.com/2025/04/16/u...

To state the obvious, this is why you don't make deals with unprincipled and malicious fools. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/u...

A fundraiser has been launched to help pay for the legal expenses of the philosophy major taken by ICE earlier this week, and the Columbia Department of Philosophy has issued a statement about the situation and calling for the university to help him.

And a short video about my misanthropy book here. #philsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L0K...

Why do Republicans hate the law so much?

Of possible interest to those observing the world--my book defending misanthropy. Full PDF. #philsky philpapers.org/rec/SVOAPD

Here is a video about my new paper, "Why the Great Philosophers Aren't that Great." #philsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kKu...

Trump and his thugs are just like the governor from Futurama: "We've petitioned the governor, but he doesn't want to appear soft on people who've been falsely imprisoned."

What a great guy Marco is. politicalwire.com/2025/04/11/u...

Genuine evil. www.axios.com/2025/04/07/r...

Why do Republicans hate culture so much?

If you're a Republican senator of all things, you don't get to call anyone else a clown. politicalwire.com/2025/04/02/e...

I signed. sites.google.com/view/we-must...

Truly, ours is the stupidest time so far.

It is no surprise that universities are caving so easily to the fascists. Administrators and many faculty are just principle-free opportunists.

That Newsom guy seems pretty genuine and trustworthy.

It's a tough meritocracy out there.

Sometimes it almost seems like the people who run the country aren't that smart.

A reminder that their malfeasance is over-determined. It is almost always both malice and incompetence. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

My stock response to objections.

Columbia: Surely if we capitulate to the lawless dictator now, he will be good to us later!