David Hunter
@dhunterto.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). I paddle my own canoe. To find my publications, visit PhilPeople. https://philpeople.org/profiles/david-hunter
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David Hunter
@dhunterto.bsky.social
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Sortal Quality: Pleasure, Desire, and Moral Worth
Abstract. The book is about the nature of what it calls “sortal quality,” one kind of goodness, and explores its links to pleasure, to desire, and to the i
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My book on moral psychology is now available. It is about how goodness of a kind—what I call Sortal Quality—threads though pleasure, desire and moral worth. academic.oup.com/book/60816
In case Americans don’t know, “asserting, fictionally” is Canadian for lying.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In case Americans don’t know, “asserting, fictionally” is Canadian for lying.
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
A bit late to this, but the article leaves the impression that Ontario government funding for higher education is at an ‘all-time’ high, when in fact it has shrunk every year for over a decade. It is about 60% of the Canadian provincial average. www.thestar.com/news/gta/out...
Outsource, automate and merge? Reports reveal what kind of Ontario college job losses and program cuts could be on the line
The province provided money for third-party efficiency and accountability assessments for 10 of 24 public colleges, surfacing amid a staff strike.
www.thestar.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
A bit late to this, but the article leaves the impression that Ontario government funding for higher education is at an ‘all-time’ high, when in fact it has shrunk every year for over a decade. It is about 60% of the Canadian provincial average. www.thestar.com/news/gta/out...
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Someone please tell me that @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social will reject Trump’s Russian grift deal on Ukraine!
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Someone please tell me that @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social will reject Trump’s Russian grift deal on Ukraine!
November 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
C’mon Doug, lace up your skates, step up to the plate, and kick us the winning goal for Ontario higher education! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Federal budget creates a massive educational opportunity for Doug Ford
Federal budget the last straw for Ontario’s cash-strapped universities
www.thestar.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
C’mon Doug, lace up your skates, step up to the plate, and kick us the winning goal for Ontario higher education! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
No. It shows how corrupt corporate boards are. This is not some complex social-cultural phenomenon. It is graft. Very simple. @deanbaker13.bsky.social
The astronomical pay deal shows the light years to which firms will go in order to retain talent. It also highlights the potentially cataclysmic risk, as businesses see it, of talent loss econ.st/4nXT9Fl
Illustration: Brett Ryder
Illustration: Brett Ryder
November 16, 2025 at 11:04 PM
No. It shows how corrupt corporate boards are. This is not some complex social-cultural phenomenon. It is graft. Very simple. @deanbaker13.bsky.social
I think this will be very interesting. #philsky
Do you worry that AI is affecting our cognitive capacity as it helps students write essays and even come up with ideas??
Join us for "How to Prevent AI from Making Us Stupid"
with Anastasia Berg & @alexispapazoglou.bsky.social
#Philosophy #philsky #tecn #AI
Mon. Nov. 17 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
Join us for "How to Prevent AI from Making Us Stupid"
with Anastasia Berg & @alexispapazoglou.bsky.social
#Philosophy #philsky #tecn #AI
Mon. Nov. 17 ~ 2pm ET / 7pm UK
Select tickets – "How to prevent AI from making us stupid?": Anastasia Berg in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom
"How to prevent AI from making us stupid?": Anastasia Berg in conversation with Alexis Papazoglou – Zoom, Mon 17 Nov 2025 - There are a myriad critiques of AI out there: it’s stealing authors’ copyrig...
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November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I think this will be very interesting. #philsky
I keep forgetting that a TTC minute can be 680 seconds long. #ttc @ttcriders.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I keep forgetting that a TTC minute can be 680 seconds long. #ttc @ttcriders.bsky.social
Vance: “Remember when everyone had pets? Cats and dogs. Maybe a lizard. What happened to all that? Nobody has pets anymore. It is because they all got eaten by immigrants.”
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Vance: “Remember when everyone had pets? Cats and dogs. Maybe a lizard. What happened to all that? Nobody has pets anymore. It is because they all got eaten by immigrants.”
“The problem when a President suffers from dementia.” substack.com/inbox/post/1...
The Absolutely Crazy Story Behind Trump’s $2,000 Tariff Rebate Checks
Trump is seriously confused
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“The problem when a President suffers from dementia.” substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Just got an email from my institution saying I need to fax them my expenses receipts. A.I. for the win!
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Just got an email from my institution saying I need to fax them my expenses receipts. A.I. for the win!
When people say that A.I. is or may become conscious, what do they mean? What entity do they have in mind? Surely the programming can’t be conscious, anymore than a TV show could. Do they mean the computers running the program are conscious? Which computers? My laptop?
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
When people say that A.I. is or may become conscious, what do they mean? What entity do they have in mind? Surely the programming can’t be conscious, anymore than a TV show could. Do they mean the computers running the program are conscious? Which computers? My laptop?
We gots #ICE agents up here too eh!
This Hour has 22 Minutes details a day in the life of a #Canadian ICE Agent in the Great White North, #NICE.
#CahadaStrong #CanadaFirst #CanPoli #Humour
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This Hour has 22 Minutes details a day in the life of a #Canadian ICE Agent in the Great White North, #NICE.
#CahadaStrong #CanadaFirst #CanPoli #Humour
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When the ICE agent is Canadian… | This Hour Has 22 Minutes
YouTube video by 22 Minutes
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November 7, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Fareed Zakaria just said the US promises to be the world’s first multi-ethnic nation. I guess he has never heard of Canada. (He also thinks no republicans voted for Cuomo.) #clown
November 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Fareed Zakaria just said the US promises to be the world’s first multi-ethnic nation. I guess he has never heard of Canada. (He also thinks no republicans voted for Cuomo.) #clown
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AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
AOC: "This is about, do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And they assignment is to come together across difference no matter what."
@picardonhealth.bsky.social Thanks for this important column.
@kbardeesy.bsky.social Please tell us and the entire @researchtmu.bsky.social community that you will loudly oppose this! #sshrc www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
@picardonhealth.bsky.social Thanks for this important column.
@kbardeesy.bsky.social Please tell us and the entire @researchtmu.bsky.social community that you will loudly oppose this! #sshrc www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: How much are MPs entitled to know about research grants? Not as much as they think
A parliamentary committee is asking for academics’ private information on a strange anti-DEI crusade
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
@kbardeesy.bsky.social Please tell us and the entire @researchtmu.bsky.social community that you will loudly oppose this! #sshrc www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Nov 3. 930am. Time to next 504 westbound at Garden and Roncesvalles: 28 minutes. @ttcriders.bsky.social #GordPerks
November 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Nov 3. 930am. Time to next 504 westbound at Garden and Roncesvalles: 28 minutes. @ttcriders.bsky.social #GordPerks
20 hours ago I didn’t even like baseball.
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
20 hours ago I didn’t even like baseball.
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If you are a Canadian scientist 🧪 alarmed by the unfair targeting of academics working on research related to EDI in the US ➡️
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
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Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
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Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If you are a Canadian scientist 🧪 alarmed by the unfair targeting of academics working on research related to EDI in the US ➡️
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Turn your attention to our own House of Commons' Standing Committee on Science and Research and consider signing this open letter:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
“Dear President Trump, Canada is sorry that your skin is so very thin.”
Out: Voice of America broadcasts the words of Ronald Reagan to puncture the propaganda of foreign authoritarians.
In: A neighboring democracy apologizes to America’s authoritarian president for puncturing his propaganda by broadcasting the words of Ronald Reagan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
In: A neighboring democracy apologizes to America’s authoritarian president for puncturing his propaganda by broadcasting the words of Ronald Reagan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
Carney Says He Apologized to Trump Over Ad Reviving Reagan’s Tariff Criticism
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Dear President Trump, Canada is sorry that your skin is so very thin.”
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FUCKING CANADIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
FUCKING CANADIAN INFRASTRUCTURE