Andrew Alam-NistJul 21, 20234 minIs Evil the Mere Absence of Goodness?A few days ago at work, I grabbed lunch with another intern. While our conversation meandered from law to politics to philosophy, it...
Andrew Alam-NistMay 30, 20234 minLiterature As A Medium To Express Philosophic IdeasWhenever I write articles for this blog, I am tempted to open with anecdotes from Directed Studies, a program focusing on great books in...
Andrew Alam-NistMay 19, 20236 minIs Religion The Opium Of The People?In the introduction to A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Karl Marx famously characterized religion as ‘das...
Andrew Alam-NistJan 10, 20238 minDo Robots Deserve Moral Consideration?About a month ago I went to a talk by Shelly Kagan, Clark Professor of Philosophy at Yale, on the moral status of robots. The room was...