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Recent links…

  1. “A lot of kid stuff involves situations where the risk of something bad happening is very low, but if it does happen, then it’s really terrible.” How should a parent approach these decisions? — perhaps the concept of moral luck could be helpful
  2. What is a woman? — a discussion between Talia Mae Bettcher and Tomas Bogardus, moderated by Miles Donahue
  3. “Liberal learning” is “a kind of learning that is the cultivation of the higher capacities in a person… for its own sake” — Jennifer Frey talks about liberal arts education in the AI era with Ross Douthat
  4. “Invoking the threat of ‘terrorism’ is a powerful tool for states who wish to demonise and disincentivise opposition” — and it’s a tool the Trump administration is abusing, argues Jessica Wolfendale
  5. Reasonability without freedom — Nagel on Scanlon
  6. “I do not think anyone over the age of 23, even if you are a teacher, graduate student, or professor, understands the extent to which AI usage affects every appendage of the university system” — Owen Yingling, a philosophy student at Chicago, on the AI-“zombification” of universities
  7. “Philosophical enquiry matters, not only within academic contexts but as part of everyday learning and life” — Grace Lockrobin on the philosophical charity now known as “Thoughtful”

Mini-Heap posts usually appear when several new items accumulate in the Heap of Links, a collection of items from around the web that may be of interest to philosophers. The Heap of Links consists partly of suggestions from readers; if you find something online that you think would be of interest to the philosophical community, please send it in for consideration for the Heap. Thank you.
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Patrick S. O'Donnell
2 hours ago

Should anyone be interested, I’ve posted the latest draft of my compilation, Science & Democracy: Philosophy, Ethics and Politics—A Reading Guide (with addenda): https://www.academia.edu/117905266/Science_and_Democracy_Philosophy_Ethics_and_Politics_A_Reading_Guide
I welcome suggestions for titles conspicuous by their absence as well as notice of any errors.