Helen Pluckrose, Author at Uncommon Ground

The Academic Roots of Post-Truth Society

January 4, 2018 Helen Pluckrose 3

(This is an expanded version of an opening statement given by Helen Pluckrose on the 28th October 2017 at the Battle of Ideas festival hosted by The Institute of Ideas

The Dangerous Problem with the Concepts of Fatshaming and Fatphobia

October 7, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 2

In the past decade, we have seen a change in intersectional feminist discourses around obesity and the rise of ‘fatness’ as a marginalised identity

Moral Values and Cultural Relativism

July 26, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 2

Proponents of cultural relativism often misunderstand the arguments of their critics, and are unaware of their own inconsistency, particularly as liberals.

The Right to Choose and the Rightness of Choice

July 8, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 0

One of the most glaring logical fallacies in our current discourse is the conflation of the right to choose with the ethical rightness of that choice.

Hate Twitter? You Might Just Be Doing It Wrong: Keys to a Productive Conversation

July 1, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 0

Do You Hate Twitter? You Just Might Be Doing It Wrong

The Western-Centric Nature of Intersectional Feminism.

May 27, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 2

Intersectional feminists fail Muslim women by valorising difference over shared humanity and overlooking or excusing abuse from their own communities. Many critics of intersectional feminism have accused its activists of

The Illiberal Attack on Tim Farron

April 28, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 1

Tim Farron, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, recently sparked much disappointment and anger from liberals by declining to say whether he believes gay sex to be a sin. This

Hypocrisy: The Left Needs to Rebuild Trust

April 11, 2017 Helen Pluckrose 3

The current obsession with hypocrisy has special significance for the Left. Evolutionary psychology and Moral Foundations Theory shed light on this.

Articles by Helen Pluckrose

The Academic Roots of Post-Truth Society

The Dangerous Problem with the Concepts of Fatshaming and Fatphobia

Moral Values and Cultural Relativism

The Right to Choose and the Rightness of Choice

The Western-Centric Nature of Intersectional Feminism.

The Illiberal Attack on Tim Farron

Hypocrisy: The Left Needs to Rebuild Trust

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The Need for an Expanded Theory of Mind in an Era of Increasing Polarisation | Angelos Sofocleous