Ethics & Argument

Theory Is What You Leave Out.

Theory, Nuance, and Maps, Maps, Maps.

Sep 4 • Tom J. Elston

The Right to Be Wrong.

Why error needs mercy, but not immunity.

Aug 31 • Tom J. Elston

Empathy Is Not Agreement.

Understanding a belief is not the same as giving it moral shelter.

Aug 14 • Tom J. Elston

Nothing to Hide?

The Tyranny of Transparency, and the Power to Disappear

Aug 7 • Tom J. Elston

The Problem With Being on the Right Side of History.

History Does Not Absolve You From Persuasion.

Jul 31 • Tom J. Elston

Moloch Was Never a God: on coordination, sacrifice and the theology of helplessness

Some meditations on "Meditations on Moloch", climate policy, and AI

Jul 27 • Tom J. Elston

You Are Not Obliged to Optimise Yourself.

In Defence of Wasting Time Properly.

Jul 24 • Tom J. Elston

Disagreement Is Not Persecution.

On criticism, harm inflation, and the strange comfort of feeling attacked.

Jul 13 • Tom J. Elston

Disgust Is Not a Policy.

Transgender Identity and the Argument beneath the Argument.

May 28 • Tom J. Elston

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