May 2018

Are we truly equal? UWM philosopher thinks not

If it came down to a choice between saving Hitler or Gandhi from a sinking ship, assistant professor of philosophy Stan Husi would let Gandhi in the lifeboat every time. And that, he argues, is one of the reasons why humanity does not have equal moral worth.

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.