yeah it is critical that dems win the senate

Moral Fragmentations and Boundaries - Consortium on Moral Decision-Making This event through the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making will bring together several scholars in the social sciences and humanities to talk about different disciplinary approaches to the study of “f...

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Celebrating Dr. Alex Madva 👏

As part of the 2025–26 Provost’s Awards for Excellence at Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Madva—Professor of Philosophy, CO-Director for the DHC and CCEP—is recognized for his exceptional, field-shaping scholarship. His work spans

this is a boring take but if we want this from a Dem President in 2029 we need to deliver the type of huge legislative majority Magyar just achieved and not the razor-thin one that Biden was forced to work with.

A milestone in March: for the first time ever, renewables provided more power on the US grid than natural gas.

Flyer for Somebody Should Do Something, a Learning Lecture with Dr. Alex Madva, at Cal Lutheran University on Thursday April 9th

Some Thousand Should Oaks Something!

Find me at Cal Lutheran this Thursday (in Thousand Oaks CA)!

Huge thanks to fellow philosopher -- and CPP alum! -- Ashli Anda for making it happen!

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No sitting president has ever appeared before the Supreme Court during oral arguments in the history of the United States.

State College friends, check it!

Our Core Conversation based on Somebody Should Do Something made @culturemapatx.bsky.social's Top 10 at @sxsw.com!

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How anyone can help create social change ⬇️

Happening Sunday in Montgomery!
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Happening tomorrow in St. Louis!

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A screenshot with a block of text: Minister: The US is now a revisionist power. For 80 years, the US was the underwriter for a system of globalisation based on UN Charter principles, multilateralism, territorial integrity, sovereign equality. It actually heralded an unprecedented and unique period of global prosperity and peace. Of course there were exceptions. And of course, the Cold War was still in effect for at least half of the last 80 years. But generally, for those of us who were non-communists, who ran open economies, who provided first world infrastructure, together with a hardworking disciplined people, we had unprecedented opportunities. The story of Singapore, with a per capita GDP of 500 US dollars in 1965. Now, lit is| somewhere between 80,000 to 90,000 US dollars. It would not have happened if it had not been for this unprecedented period, basically Pax Americana and then turbocharged by the reform and opening of China for decades. It has been unprecedented. It has been great for many of us. In fact, I will say, for all of us, if you look back 80 years. But now, whether you like it or not, objectively, this period has ended. There is no point trying to assign blame or pejorative adjectives. That is not helpful. Basically, the underwriter of this world order has now become a revisionist power, and some people would even say a disruptor. But the larger point is that the erosion of norms, processes, and institutions that underpinned a remarkable period of peace and prosperity; that foundation has gone. What you are seeing now, whether you watch the war in Ukraine, in the Middle East or elsewhere, including in Asia, to me these are symptoms of the underlying tectonic rupture. Big powers and even lesser powers have a more narrow definition of national interest.

This is quite something from Singapore's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vivian Balakrishnan, in an interview with Reuters. The end of the post-war order, diagnosed in technocratic language. www.mfa.gov.sg/newsroom/pre...

Our work in the Irish Times. And a great event at University College Dublin.

Authors of Somebody Should Do Something discuss social change at SXSW It can be hard to find a purely philosophical conference session at South by Southwest (SXSW), which is largely geared toward entrepreneurs and marketers. But every year there are diamonds in the roug...

Wonderful writeup by Brianna Caleri for @culturemapatx.bsky.social of our @sxsw.com session! Both Socrates and James Talarico get shout outs!

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I anticipated that the energy transition would not go smoothly but I seriously underestimated just how stupid it would be

Gah! March 27th, not March 29th

Just in case you find yourself in St. Louis on March 29th, come check out a combination of two excellent things: Civil Society Brunch!

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South by SouthWUUUTTT!!??

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Skip Larry David's session at 4pm and come find us in 410 in the Hilton Austin

Now comes the heat Add it to the war, and maybe we have a teachable moment

The next six months could be the ultimate in teachable moments, with rapidly rising prices for oil, and rapidly rising temperatures. And what do you know, we have a midterm exam coming up on November 3.
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Fmr CASBS fellows @dryan149.bsky.social & @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social continue their conquest of global media @sxsw.com today. (Next: a screenplay of their book "Somebody Should Do Something" will be optioned soon 🕶️)

Can't catch them at SXSW? Not to worry. Listen to them on the CASBS podcast ➡️ 🧵

Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs | Cornell Chronicle Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” may struggle with practical decision-making, a new Cornell study into “corporate BS” r...

Solidarity with all my fellow department chairs

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When the Auto Industry Changed the Narrative #audiobook #history #socialchange #books #bookshorts YouTube video by California Center for Ethics and Policy

You asked -- We answered!

Somebody Should Do Something is an audiobook! 🎧

Sit back and enjoy the dulcet tones of John Keating in 14, story-packed chapters about people making social change. 📘

How it starts: www.youtube.com/shorts/shz5r...

Somebody Should Do Something, So Why Not You? | Audiobook Introduction YouTube video by California Center for Ethics and Policy

Prefer more of a preview before diving into the full 9-hour, 2-minute, 46-second experience? Here are the first 5 minutes:
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Chart showing in many countries, people see their fellow citizens as morally good.

We asked people around the world to rate the morality and ethics of others in their country.

The U.S. is the only place we surveyed where more adults describe the morality and ethics of others living in the country as bad than good. See our full morality report here: www.pewresearch.org/...

We are getting there!
Come to beautiful MoLI to chat about social change!
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How Change Really Happens #system #socialchange #social #futurethinking #positivechange #shorts YouTube video by California Center for Ethics and Policy

Systems are made of people (and people are made of systems!)

#socialchange #futurethinking #positivechange #tippingpoints

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Pairs well with "Somebody Should Do Something"

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Thanks! I tried a version of this. But yeah, looking for examples of university policies.

Academic friends: have you seen any examples of university AI policies which you think are well-done? Could you share links to them if so?