Societal Ethics explores the big moral questions we face together: justice, fairness, governance, public institutions, and the rights and responsibilities that bind communities. Long-form essays on the ethical challenges of modern society.
I spent a month last year trying to keep up. Every morning I would wake up, open my phone, and try to absorb everything that had happened while I was asleep. A humanitarian crisis in one country. A political scandal in another. A school shooting. A climate report. An AI development that might change everything….
Public institutions say they deliver justice, but many poor and middle‑class families feel the system is rigged. Justice vs Equity: Public Institutions Failing the Poor and Middle Classes asks whether courts, schools, and healthcare really treat everyone the same or just protect the comfortable classes. Justice vs Equity: What the Public Needs to Know Justice…
The question of whether animals have moral rights forces us to examine who belongs inside the circle of moral concern. This essay explores the philosophical arguments, the welfare-versus-rights distinction, and what the expansion of our ethical community demands of us.
Making end-of-life decisions for those who cannot decide for themselves is one of the most profound ethical challenges we face. This essay explores the moral frameworks we bring to care, the weight of proxy decision-making, and what our choices reveal about justice, compassion, and the scope of our ethical obligations.
