philosopher

Sex
A Therapist, a Lawyer and a Sex Worker Explain What Actually Counts as Cheating
We also spoke to a philosopher and some polyamorous people for good measure.
JS Rafaeli
4.3.17
Drugs
We Asked a Philosopher Whether or Not It’s OK to Do Drugs
What would John Stewart Mill say about weed? Are psychedelics OK if they expand your mind? Are drugs a bad thing from a moral standpoint? We asked an expert.
Amber Roberts
1.27.16
Health
Talking to a Philosopher About Why We Don't Have the Words to Discuss Suicide
"Death and suicide are still things surrounded in silence, or just a kind of fake seriousness. It's a profound social problem."
Henry C. Krempels
11.12.15

Growing Up
A Philosopher Explains Why Growing Up Is So Hard
For Susan Neiman, growing up is "about thinking for ourselves, and this is something that we're actually too lazy and too scared to do as often as we should."
Arielle Pardes
5.15.15
The Fiction Issue 2008
The Earthquake in Chile
Kleist’s perennial story in this issue, “The Earthquake in Chile,” is part of forthcoming, freshly translated collection of his prose.
Heinrich Von Kleist
12.2.08