Many Shades of Grey

 

How Should Philosophers Talk to Journalists?

By 

Justin Weinberg

. March 8, 2021 

Whenever a journalist interviews me about whether a certain practice is morally right or wrong I always feel like I disappoint, because they’re expecting concise and clear-cut answers and my training as an ethicist compels me to deliver anything but. Is this a common problem?

1. The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread by Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall, reviewed by Michael Patrick Lynch at Boston Review
2. Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers by Cheryl Misak, reviewed by Andrew David Irvine at Times LIterary Supplement.
3. The Morals of the Market: Human Rights and the Rise of Neoliberalismby Jessica Whyte, reviewed by Rory Dufficy at Sydney Review of Books.
4. Witcraft: The Invention of Philosophy in English by Jonathan Rée, reviewed by John Gray at New York Review of Books (may be paywalled).
5. The Force of Non-Violence: an Ethico-Poitical Bind by Judith Butler, reviewed by Nicholas Bugeja at Australian Book Review (may be paywalled).