Here is a story I have heard from more than one professional philosopher, though it has never, at least not yet, happened to me: You are sitting on a plane, the person next to you asks what you do, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Theodore McDarrah writes about practical philosophy for leaders. A meteor passing over the Milky Way on February 19, 2022, in ...

Michael Sandel, the Harvard professor, has been predicting this political moment for decades. We called him to discuss where we go from here. By Lauren Jackson I am the host of Believing. Michael ...

Most academics are specialists. So, for example, they provide interpretations of Baudelaire’s poems, offer accounts of the history of Venice, or reconstruct Kant’s philosophy. Their work is valuable ...