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Many people think the trolley problem is about what you'd do in that same situation. @MITphilosophy researcher Julian Perilla says it's really about something deeper: Is it ever okay to harm some for the greater good? Explore the trolley problem and more MIT learning moments: bit.ly/44VTrW2

The MITHIC-administered SHASS Faculty Fellows Program offers scholars a communal space in which to share and refine ideas and research projects. news.mit.edu/2026/building-… @HistoryMit @LITatMIT @MITanthropology @MITphilosophy @MITPoliSci @MIT_MTA

Time to add to that TBR list! Explore new works from across the Institute, including SHASS professors and lecturers. news.mit.edu/2026/summer-re… @MITPoliSci @MITPSTS @eriklg @bradford_skow @LITatMIT @MIT_SSP @MITphilosophy @MIT_CIS

Can a nation tell its story through poetry? In “American Independence in Verse,” @bradford_skow retells the events leading to the American Revolution through a collection of poems that give voice to patriots, loyalists, statesmen, and revolutionaries alike.

.@bradford_skow and @byrne_a in US News & World Report

Research from @MITphilosophy professor Matthias Michel cited in @sciam suggests consciousness may be attributed to humans and some other mammals but not fish and insects. scientificamerican.com/article/are-th…

APA member Kieran Setiya is quoted in this article on the impact the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship has on interdisciplinary thinking at @MITPhilosophy. goodmenproject.com/featured-conte…

Many thanks to MIT philosophy prof. @bradford_skow for coming on the podcast to talk about academic freedom, aesthetics and beauty, theories of time, being pro-family, and more. Video link here youtu.be/gumPJrnPTCA or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

This week's newsletter features Guggenheim Fellow and @MITPoliSci prof Kathleen Thelen, an NC Ethics of Technology Fellow from @MITphilosophy, a double major in PoliSci and @MITAeroAstro, and more. mailchi.mp/mit/shass-week…

"How to Write a Philosophy Paper," featuring @sam_berstler as a model of doing it well. jazlyncartaya.com/blog/writing-a…

In this week's newsletter, learn why @MITphilosophy professor and SHASS dean Agustin Rayo believes it's important to keep the humanities in AI, meet a Renaissance pioneer with lessons for the modern age, and more. mailchi.mp/mit/shass-week…

“People can say, ‘That’s not what I meant,’ and completely get away with it, even though it’s totally obvious they’re lying,” says MIT philosopher @sam_berstler. news.mit.edu/2026/why-bothe…

"By bringing sociological ideas into her work, Berstler is moving beyond the normal philosophical discussion of the subject," MIT News says of @MITphilosophy professor Sam Berstler's research into plausible deniability. news.mit.edu/2026/why-bothe…

New book by Caspar Hare

Last session of the MIT Consciousness Club 04/16! Nadine Dijkstra will give a talk on "Distinguishing imagination and reality in a generative brain". More information (including zoom link for those joining online) here: sites.google.com/view/mit-consc….

“Consider a future in which we shorten the work week, or one in which we eliminate work altogether,” @MITphilosophy postdoc Michal Masny says. “I don’t believe either of these scenarios would be unambiguously good for everyone.” news.mit.edu/2026/philosoph… @MIT_SCC

In this week's newsletter we introduce new Faculty Fellows, learn how @MITanthropology is helping improve chatbots, investigate exploding black holes, and more. @MITPoliSci @MITphilosophy @MIT_CIS @mitsap @MITPSTS mailchi.mp/mit/shass-week…

“Offering opportunities for faculty to carefully investigate big ideas can benefit all of us in important and exciting ways,” says Agustín Rayo the Kenan Sahin Dean of SHASS. shass.mit.edu/twelve-profess… @MITanthropology @HistoryMit @MIT_MTA @MITphilosophy @MITPoliSci @MITPSTS