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The Unhappy Conclusion

https://freeandequaljournal.org/article/id/18353/

Published: November 18, 2025 17:34

I argue that it is better to live an extremely long, drab life than a happy life of normal length. I rely on four premises, concerning (1) the separability of well-being in time, (2) the circumstances in which we should prolong someone’s life, (3) the…

Should we be Lottocrats?

https://freeandequaljournal.org/article/id/23191/

Published: October 29, 2025 22:18

In light of representative democracy’s failures, from an inability to effectively address pressing problems to the yawning economic inequality and deep polarization that it sustains, the need for reform is obvious and urgent. In the democratic theory…

Every Day an Election Day

https://freeandequaljournal.org/article/id/18068/

Published: October 14, 2025 21:00

Voting occurs on Election Day. In the history of electoral democracy, this fact has been closely identified with the practice of elections. However, I argue the temporality of election time generates problems that undermine or disable crucial democratic…

Grief as a Duty of Practical Fidelity

https://freeandequaljournal.org/article/id/17721/

Published: October 3, 2025 16:48

We often feel duty-bound to grieve our loved ones after their deaths. But how can we owe grief (or anything) to those who are no longer alive? We propose that the duty to grieve the deceased is part of a wider duty found in mutually loving relationships,…

Money as Res Publica

https://freeandequaljournal.org/article/id/17777/

Published: October 1, 2025 16:34

Our current monetary system is a public-private banking hybrid dominated by private interest, often at the expense of public purpose. This article proposes a conception of money as a “common credit” res publica—“a thing of the public”—such that banker…