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APA Member Interview, J. Angelo Corlett

APA Member Interview, J. Angelo Corlett

Published by Jenni Sidey

J. Angelo Corlett (PhD, 1992, University of Arizona) is Professor of Philosophy & Ethics at San Diego State University. He specializes in Philosophy of Law; Rights; Punishment; Race, Racism, and Reparations; Social Epistemology; Moral Responsibility Theory; the Right to Freedom of Expression; Plato’s Socrates and Plato; Philosophy of Sport; and Academic Ethics. He is the author of almost 200 peer-reviewed philosophy books and articles and has earned numerous teaching awards throughout his career. He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Ethics: An International Philosophical Review (Springer: 1995-2018). What excites you about philosophy? Being able to explore and contribute plausible solutions to some vital historic and contemporary problems demonstrates how philosophy is extraordinarily relevant to our lives and exciting, especially when philosophical progress in understanding is made. What is your favorite thing that you’ve written? J. Angelo Corlett, “Offensiphobia”, The Journal of Ethics, 22 (2018), p. 113-146. J. Angelo Corlett, Heirs of Oppression (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010), Studies in Political, Social, and Legal Philosophy Series. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/black-reparations/ What are you most proud of in …

Zombies Star Mekonnen MK Knife Interview on Disney Worlds Collide Tour

Zombies Star Mekonnen MK Knife Interview on Disney Worlds Collide Tour

Published by Daniella Wilson

Mekonnen “MK” Knife is currently entertaining fans of all ages across the country as part of the cast of Disney‘s Worlds Collide tour. The actor-singer-dancer, who plays Vargas in Disney’s Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires and is returning for the upcoming fifth installment, joined forces with fellow stars from Disney’s Zombies, Descendants and Camp Rock franchises for a high-energy, three-hour show that’s traveling around the country before going global later this year. His tourmates are Malachi Barton (Zombies 4, Camp Rock 3), Liamani Segura (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, Camp Rock 3), Dara Reneé (Descendants: The Rise of Red), Hudson Stone (Camp Rock 3), Swayam Bhatia (Zombies 4), Kiara Romero (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland) and Alexandro Byrd (Descendants: Wicked Wonderland). The show features songs from each of those franchises along with some surprises. Amid tour dates, Knife recently took time out to talk to The Hollywood Reporter about the show, his favorite songs to perform, the fans and his hopes for what’s next. What’s your favorite part of the show? Honestly, there’s so many moving factors in …

Sanders calls for artificial superintelligence ban after OpenAI CEO interview

Sanders calls for artificial superintelligence ban after OpenAI CEO interview

Published by Sam Flores

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday called for permanently banning artificial superintelligence in response to recent remarks made by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Altman told Politico’s “Decoded” podcast in an interview last week that society will face a “coming tidal wave of cybersecurity problems” coming from open-source AI models. He also said that people will… Source link

‘Rebellion’ Interview on Film Doc on Bradford 12, Migrants, Elon Musk

‘Rebellion’ Interview on Film Doc on Bradford 12, Migrants, Elon Musk

Published by Daniella Wilson

Bradford, near Leeds, is a city in the north of England. During the Industrial Revolution, it was known as THE place for wool manufacturing. Nowadays, it has a reputation for its South Asian food scene, among other things. And in the early 1980s, it made national and global headlines when 12 young South Asian men stood trial on terrorism charges for preparing to defend their community from a racist attack. Activist filmmakers Ken Fero (Ultraviolence) and Tariq Mehmood’s documentary Rebellion, from Migrant Media, a collective of radical documentary filmmakers with a focus on stories about race, class and resistance, retraces their story and broader impact. Mehmood is, in fact, one of the Bradford 12. Rebellion world-premieres as part of the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF) on Oct. 14. “Revolution is the beat that drums through this electrifying story about the landmark case against the Bradford 12,” the festival website notes. Fero talked to THR about how timely Rebellion feels today amid a renewed rise of far-right politics, why it was a …

Spirit Weighs Nothing’ Doc Film Clip, Interview About Japan

Spirit Weighs Nothing’ Doc Film Clip, Interview About Japan

Published by Daniella Wilson

You may not realize how much you want to know about sumo until you go behind the scenes by experiencing Erik Shirai’s immersive Sumo: Spirit Weighs Nothing. The documentary, which world-premiered at Venice and is now screening at the 70th edition of the BFI London Film Festival (LFF), starting on Oct. 13, takes audiences inside the notoriously private world of sumo, from the grueling training and the rituals to the pain and sacrifice. The cinematic film follows a number of wrestlers in different stages of their careers, including a yokozuna, a title denoting the highest rank in professional sumo, over the course of a year. They are Terunofuji Haruo, Hiradoumi Yuki, Yonezawaryu Daiki and Kosei Motomura. One key takeaway is the importance of fighting spirit. Or as a synopsis puts it: “True strength is measured not in flesh, but in the refining of the spirit.” The doc, for which Shirai and Hiroshi Harahandled cinematography, with Frederick Shanahan as editor, mixes intimate vérité with poetic observation to reveal more about a sport that often seems particularly …

Lisa, Director Sue Kim Interview: Always Lalisa Documentary

Lisa, Director Sue Kim Interview: Always Lalisa Documentary

Published by Daniella Wilson

Was it fate that sent Lisa into the global spotlight? Always Lalisa, Sue Kim’s documentary on the global superstar, starts with the K-pop idol-turned-actress and her mother recounting her visit to a fortune teller that ended with a suggestion to change her daughter’s name to Lalisa. It would be a name loved by many, the fortune teller told her mother. Lisa, whose real name is Lalisa Manobal, remembers the change well. “I think I was 13,” the singer tells The Hollywood Reporter. It’s been a whirlwind year since the cameras stopped rolling for Always Lalisa, which chronicles the singer’s year away from the record-breaking girl group Blackpink. The pop star explains in the documentary that she and the rest of Blackpink — Jennie, Jisoo and Rosé — promised each other that they’d take a year away from the group to pursue solo endeavors. Throughout that year away, Lisa released her first full-length album, Alter Ego, starred in The White Lotus and snagged herself a Coachella solo lineup spot. Lisa was brought up in the busy …

Northern Irish Police to Interview First Minister O’Neill Over Parade Protest

Northern Irish Police to Interview First Minister O’Neill Over Parade Protest

Published by Sam Flores

BELFAST, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Northern Irish police ⁠will ⁠interview the region’s first ⁠minister, Michelle O’Neill, in relation to an investigation into ​a protest that has blocked a Protestant parade from marching through a ‌Catholic area for almost two ‌weeks, O’Neill said on Friday. Thousands of protesters, including O’Neill of ⁠Irish nationalists ⁠Sinn Fein and the party’s leader Mary Lou McDonald, gathered ​on the Catholic Garvaghy Road, in Portadown, to stop the September 26 march after it was allowed to proceed for the first time since the ​contentious route was banned in 1998. Annual attempts by the Orange Order ⁠to ⁠march through the area ⁠triggered unrest ​across the British-run region before the route was banned the same year ​the Good Friday ⁠Agreement largely ended the three decades of violence known as the “Troubles”. Police opened an investigation into what they called an unlawful protest and said they had identified people reasonably suspected of committing offences. Sinn Fein, which ⁠leads Northern Ireland’s fragile power-sharing government alongside pro-British rivals who have ⁠called for O’Neill to be prosecuted …

APA Member Interview: Rachel Zuckert

APA Member Interview: Rachel Zuckert

Published by Jenni Sidey

Rachel Zuckert grew up in Northfield, Minnesota. She studied philosophy at Williams College, Oxford University, and the University of Chicago. She has taught at Bucknell University and Rice University, and is now Peter B. Ritzma Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University. What excites you about philosophy? I am most attracted to theoretical systematicity, and to the sense that there is always another concept, claim, or argument to be thought through beyond what I have so far understood. This is why I was initially hooked by Kant, and then the other grand thought-systems of German Idealism, and why I am perpetually drawn back to the aesthetics of the sublime—the overwhelming-exhilarating experience of something as (if) beyond oneself and one’s powers. What is your favorite thing that you’ve written? What are you most proud of in your professional life? Usually, the current thing I’m writing is my favorite—it’s exciting to explore new intellectual terrain—until it gets to be about 75% finished, and then I start being disappointed. I am proud that I …

‘Lanterns’ ending, explained: Who killed Hal Jordan?

‘Lanterns’ ending, explained: Who killed Hal Jordan?

Published by skeptic

When last we left Lanterns, John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Hal Jordan’s Halogram (Kyle Chandler) had ventured to the last alien world Manhunter Zoe Macon (Poorna Jagannathan) had destroyed. There, among ruins and the potent residue of the Manhunter’s tear gas, they discovered Sinestro (Ulrich Thomsen), last seen in a high-security space prison. SEE ALSO: ‘Lanterns’ review: Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre shine bright in DC’s sci-fi mystery While an exciting tease of Lanterns‘ more cosmic potential, the sequence also left viewers with a ton of questions. How had Sinestro escaped? What was he doing on Antaan’s (Paul Ben-Victor) dead planet, and how did a portal wind up in Rushville? Plus, Lanterns had yet to answer the question that’s haunted it since the very beginning: Who killed Hal Jordan? Thankfully, Lanterns also answers all these questions in its Season 1 finale, which nicely synthesizes its grander discussions of fear and family. If you’re afraid of spoilers, now would be the time to turn back. Otherwise, let’s get into it. How did Sinestro escape from prison, …