Winter 2025

I have never been a disinterested observer of Central and East European politics. I grew up in Hungary and lived there until I was almost fifty. In only two of those years was there a political order that resembled democracy. …

Whether moral decisions are evaluated by universal standards or by those of local traditions, moral conflicts are always contextual. Kant’s categorical imperative is absolutely universalistic, but its test cases are concrete and particular; one should, for example, return a deposit …