Nicholas Agar

Professor of Philosophy, Victoria University of Wellington

Nicholas Agar is professor of philosophy at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. His most recent book is How to Be Human in the Digital Economy (2019) and his writing has appeared in Ethics and Nous, among other journals. He lives in Wellington.

Written by Nicholas Agar

Black and white photo of workers in a factory stirring large metal vats with wooden paddles.
ETHICS

On the moral obligation to stop shit-stirring

Utilitarians provoke to elicit reflection, but we need earnest advice, not shit-stirring, to face complex moral challenges

by Nicholas Agar