<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hannah McHugh]]></title><description><![CDATA[What to do about now]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:42:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[The Future of Democracy Lies in Our Instincts]]></title><description><![CDATA[If the twentieth century gave us the ideas to rebuild after war, the twenty-first demands something equally foundational: a renewal of faith in democracy itself. Scientific Liberalism offers a way to restore legitimacy, rebuild trust, and out-compete the extremes by grounding politics in our evolved moral instincts: fairness, care, cooperation, and the need for belonging within groups. ]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/the-future-of-democracy-lies-in-our-instincts</link><guid isPermaLink="false">692b3699d8fb7619deee413a</guid><category><![CDATA[The World Reimagined]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2025 08:04:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_b7cdc6fbd8524123b4de2e5ab4b4ed4d~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nathan J. Murphy</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["It is my right to be fascist!" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fascism is an illiberal ideology; that is, under fascism people are neither free to speak, nor to act against the status quo. For this reason, fascism stands in sharp contrast with liberalism, which posits freedom as the most important political value. Given its commitment to freedom, has liberalism saved us from fascism? ]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/it-is-my-right-to-be-fascist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68dae3b3623250c45f5f3311</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2025 07:50:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_3f541e327b1d414280d30f600d8c986a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Matilde Liberti</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Table in Our Heads: Rethinking Educational Aims in a Post-Truth Era]]></title><description><![CDATA[Education, the very institution meant to prepare us for such complexity, has itself become a battleground of clashing visions. What should its aims be, and why do some values feel so “natural” while others seem ideological or even threatening? What we need is conceptual clarity—a deeper understanding of why certain educational values resonate with us in the first place. Surprisingly, that clarity can come not only from philosophy but also from science. ]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/the-table-in-our-heads-rethinking-educational-aims-in-a-post-truth-era</link><guid isPermaLink="false">689b463db5b3da8d7455b050</guid><category><![CDATA[The World Reimagined]]></category><category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2025 08:33:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_8a86f633f8a743a1bfddaa094fdf014b~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Guy Kagan</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democracy Imagined]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democracy Imagined questions the effectiveness of existing electoral mechanisms to truly reflect the will of the people and highlighting the disconnect between elected representatives and the demographic and political landscape of the populace. It aims to philosophically dissect these problems and propose radical solutions for achieving a more authentic and representative democracy. It does so in an unusual way: by being a thought experiment —a difficult one, too. But have a little fun. ]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/democracy-imagined</link><guid isPermaLink="false">686796dfd7f2edd2bbabcbf8</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[The World Reimagined]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:39:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_e854e608dc5a47cea904e72e51eb3ce6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Richard J. Christie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Iran–Israel War and the Ethics of Pre-emption]]></title><description><![CDATA[News focus has leaned toward military outcomes, oil prices, and US involvement. Yet beyond strategic analysis lies a more urgent philosophical question: can the deliberate use of force, in the absence of an actual armed attack, ever be morally justified? And what precedent does this strike set for the international community? Dabbagh argues that accepting Israel’s rationale risks legalising a doctrine of first-strike coercion globally.]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/the-iran-israel-war-and-the-ethics-of-pre-emption</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68682a9b02e2c0b5efea3f80</guid><category><![CDATA[Nationalism and Internationalism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2025 08:00:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_d4704ddd8aa041098247478d2721334f~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hossein Dabbagh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Philosophy in the age of post-truth politics]]></title><description><![CDATA[While a binary mindset of "right versus wrong" or "informed versus misinformed" is tempting, it obscures the reality of our political disagreements. Philosophy has tools to help us understand why and how we disagree, and to point us towards the path for better public discourse. Indeed, this is the mission of What to do about now?]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/philosophy-in-the-age-of-post-truth-politics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">680e5e197302aaa8bd89f5c5</guid><category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category><category><![CDATA[The World Reimagined]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 06:18:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_597dcb7bcdbc4fce9d758d721319937e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_540,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hannah McHugh, Catarina Neves &amp; Mia Salminen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Truth, Reality and Everything In-Between]]></title><description><![CDATA[Using the distinction between truth and reality, the political issue of the normalisation of controversial symbols and rhetoric is explored.]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/truth-reality-and-everything-in-between</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67d5429741ec4da786065498</guid><category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2025 07:18:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5f70a0_eab7f0208d7546dbb7eaa98571ee71f0~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_873,h_559,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Kola Adeosun and Ato Rockcliffe</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What We Mean by 'Equality']]></title><description><![CDATA[In a time where the equality of individuals is being questioned in troubling ways, Prof Michels reviews Paul Sagar's 'Basic Equality'.]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/what-we-mean-by-equality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">672e00ca78771598503f2efd</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 12:20:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee4ab5_5289cb3d49874969a24dbd4d3998f7f2~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_615,h_439,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Steven Michels</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Echoes of Alienation: When Misinformation Meets Inequality]]></title><description><![CDATA[Examining the causes behind the 2024 UK riots, Dabbagh considers the impact of misinformation, inequality and psychological mechanisms. ]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/echoes-of-alienation-when-misinformation-meets-inequality</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66f95477db76332839cbf8c6</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:29:07 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee4ab5_b7443fefcd124f2da779451b79f939fd~mv2.webp/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hossein Dabbagh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presidential Immunity: What Would Plato Say?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Even if Donald Trump's idea of absolute presidential immunity is absurd, immunity itself is not, as Plato understood.]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/presidential-immunity-what-would-plato-say</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667ed5c6afdb0c162306dbae</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[All blog posts]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jul 2024 10:22:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64168d_3e17d27458cb4e4bbf078b86624313e5~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jenny Strandberg</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What we are doing when we argue with strangers online]]></title><description><![CDATA[Polarisation and division plays out over social media. Tragically, it rarely delivers the sense of belonging that leads us to argue online.]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/what-we-are-doing-when-we-argue-with-strangers-online</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66589bac7dbed70ea9433cce</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2024 15:36:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee4ab5_0bdbc9fd2f2340e99bfeaf2631f48b70~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_312,h_162,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Joe Cottrell-Boyce</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sex Robots: the ethical dilemma]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Michael Prewett on Unsplash TW: sexual violence Sex robots, which are artificially intelligent (AI) technology encased in...]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/sex-robots-the-ethical-dilemma</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65a53df1e4078cc676b96308</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changing Technology]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2024 10:00:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64168d_214cf3657a3748a19c9028e5d0a5464c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paschal Ukpaka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Beyond Immediate Gains: The Ethics of Ceasefire between Israel and Hamas]]></title><description><![CDATA[The need for an Israel/Hamas ceasefire transcends the immediacy of political gains when anchored by longtermist moral imperatives.]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/beyond-immediate-gains-the-ethics-of-ceasefire-between-israel-and-hamas</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65b688bc8d8a9f6f6a254202</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Nationalism and Internationalism]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 17:09:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee4ab5_f4d708308f7a4a0ba925e2841050137e~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_612,h_612,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Hossein Dabbagh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When consent is not enough]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sadomasochism shares many features with domestic violence. Is it possible to legitimately consent to either?]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/when-consent-is-not-enough</link><guid isPermaLink="false">659d93bd2fbd0786ab45957a</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 10:46:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee4ab5_47b4b434e0b64ce485206b43ec3ac380~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_709,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jessica Masterson</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will AI replace fashion designers, or help them?]]></title><description><![CDATA[AI models known as GANs are now being used in the fashion industry. But can they attain human levels of creativity?]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/will-ai-replace-fashion-designers-or-help-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65782e250f55bb50f0d24d72</guid><category><![CDATA[All blog posts]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changing Technology]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Dec 2023 10:00:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64168d_1cf739f471c64194b7b5759df546a066~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Paschal Ukpaka</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Javier Milei's anarcho-capitalism is incoherent]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Angelica Reyes on Unsplash In a surprising turn of events, Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” has been...]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/the-incoherence-of-anarcho-capitalism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65686b1f0327fcac1289bbec</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 03 Dec 2023 09:45:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64168d_ae2c2a9ac8a74bd69e64aa9261c5cf8e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Jesse Spafford</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[(Im)moral hazard: the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there anything morally problematic with the financial industry's risk-taking behaviour in the expectation of a bailout?]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/im-moral-hazard-the-bailout-of-silicon-valley-bank</link><guid isPermaLink="false">654b706d20b703695a1f1616</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[All blog posts]]></category><category><![CDATA[First post (home page mobile)]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 19:40:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/64168d_15e100cfc5c141fba39b29362afd136c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Stefano Merlo and Mia Salminen</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[High Risk, Low Reward: A Challenge to the Astronomical Importance of Existential Risk Mitigation ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Derek Parfit (1984)  asks us to consider two scenarios. In the first, a war kills 99% of the world population. This event, Parfit urges,...]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/high-risk-low-reward-a-challenge-to-the-astronomical-importance-of-existential-risk-mitigation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">647b629bf7ec7e8918e9315a</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[All blog posts]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2023 10:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8815d4_d8030bba1ab8456cbb04727b9a42ba84~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>David Thorstad</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Socialist Guide To Effective Altruism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Effective altruism is a movement that believes we should help others as much as possible. This may sound like a bland statement of the...]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/a-socialist-guide-to-effective-altruism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6424434ff08ac887d94debdf</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Everyday Ethics]]></category><category><![CDATA[Culture Wars]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2023 09:00:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8815d4_4d0c5eda21bb4836bdf4fe13ff615833~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_751,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Nikhil Venkatesh</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Responsible AI: Responsible to Whom?]]></title><description><![CDATA[How the profit motive stages a theatre of ethics washing in Artificial Intelligence There is a burgeoning wave of start-ups and tech...]]></description><link>https://www.whattodoaboutnow.com/post/responsible-ai-responsible-to-whom</link><guid isPermaLink="false">641b339f090f7fdb2a0e5468</guid><category><![CDATA[Power and Democracy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Changing Technology]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8815d4_2ab4bcf6ad2f4cfd9fe98c32d6169d38~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Aleco Kastanos</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>