College of Wooster Philosophy Department

08/31/2026

08/31/2026

https://www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/08/silicon-valley-science-fiction-jill-lepore-book-review/688467/

Many of the tech billionaires who built our world have taken the wrong lessons from their favorite science fiction.

08/31/2026

https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691240473/capital

Marx for the twenty-first centuryThe first new English translation in fifty years—and the only one based on the last German edition revised by Marx himselfFeaturing extensive original commentary, including a foreword by acclaimed political theorist Wendy Brown“An astounding achievement.”—Chi...

08/31/2026

Look before you leap.

The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics - May 2003

08/31/2026

Read and discuss.

Jack Allen considers the influential ideas of a medieval philosopher-monk.

08/31/2026

Yes?

Dostoyevsky beyond Crime and Punishment

08/29/2026

https://philosophersmag.com/do-animals-have-free-will/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAT_g4xwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHtRRBhB-j9CAoeTSIFBSxTVWXS613NDdhm_d_4c5yoqDgyyqhiQkifEZwSnB_aem_1k3YVQbYcKUtRVsC93ygIQ

Helen Steward argues that in thinking about free will, it is essential to consider the capacities of animals.

08/28/2026

Um.

HomeEthicsVolume 136, Number 4 Previous articleNext article Book Reviews25 June 2026 Share on Wills, Vanessa Christina. Marx’s Ethical Vision. Oxford University Press, 2024. Pp. 316. $45.00 (cloth).Michael J. ThompsonAuthor Info and AffiliationsPublication: EthicsVolume 136, Number 4DOI: https://d...

08/27/2026

Huh.

https://aeon.co/essays/nietzsches-startling-provocation-youre-edible-and-delicious?fbclid=IwdGRjcAT87RVjbGNrBPztDnBkb2YFZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQMMzUwNjg1NTMxNzI4AAEeSqNM5CRHfMGvL-GaOzv6Ewbsk-4Va5PqLvmPOtt_Q9j4JKd2ITwY1sgpWmo_aem_xJawFHLLPP2z8R32YJF1YQ

Nietzsche shows us how to embrace our connection with nature – without denying its essential conflict, strife and suffering