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David Hunter

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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 · Sep 1

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

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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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 9h

It is just a wee Kavanaugh stop. Why is everyone fretting?

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 9h

Obamacare IS the GOP plan. That’s why they are in such a pickle. The Dem plan is actually Medicare for all.

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 11h

He is such a chickenshit.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 11h

This is so dangerous. Rubio should be getting the cabinet together to remove Trump who is plainly unfit.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 16h

Wouldn’t it be swell if “AI” stood for actual intelligence, and folks spent billions studying and supporting it? (And don’t get me started on Actual Consciousness.)

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17h

When does the media start investigating what training ICE agents get. I guess most of them learned the basics on January 6.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17h

His cuts to USAID, which are illegal, are killing tens of thousands of kids. But SCOTUS says he can get away with that.

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 17h

Yes Trump is in the Epstein files. But he is also killing tens of thousands of kids and that makes him a monster apnews.com/article/usai...

Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished

Infant twins suffered from malnutrition in Nigeria. One died shortly after the Trump administration sharply cut funding for the United States Agency for International Development.

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 1d

A fine of up to….$200! No doubt she’ll think before doing that again!

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 1d

“She can have any swear-in date she wants, so long as it’s never.”

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 1d

I’m hearing that Senator Collins is considering expressing serious concern.

The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 1d

This is not what democracy looks like. Anyone who cares at all about the Constitution has to take a stand against this and against MAGA.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 2d

Fascion criticism.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

Good point

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

A Hunter moon. You are welcome.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

Who’s that?

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

Dems should force the GOP to do this.

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Even Sporkfoot knows who is responsible for the government shutdown.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 3d

Great city, great colleagues; if you fit the (quite flexible) profile, you should apply.

Pekka Väyrynen @vayrynen.bsky.social · 3d

📣JOB ALERT📣
Lecturer or Associate Professor in Philosophy at University of Leeds. AOS: Social Philosophy + at least one of: Metaphysics, Epistemology, or Philosophy of Language, Logic, Mind, or Action. Details at jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx.... Closing date 5 Nov 2025. #philosophy 1/2

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Philosophy

Are you an experienced academic in Philosophy with the ambition to carry out world-leading research and deliver an exceptional student experience in a research-intensive Russell Group University? Woul...

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

“The Tories don’t have to find religion on renewables to move forward with a serious, evidence-based climate policy. But they do have to face the facts of physics and economics if they want to change direction.” So…we are screwed.

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

That’ll be great for the trade deficit

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

It is a lot like Dylan. If anybody else produced even his worst rated album they’d be called a musical genius.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 3d

“Resist. Don’t make concessions in the hope of buying MAGA off. Don’t mute your criticisms in an attempt to seem even-handed. As far as I know, no wannabe autocrat has managed to consolidate power while being as unpopular as Trump is right now. Don’t help him become the first to pull it off.”

State Terror, American Style

Forget about “soft autocracy”

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David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 4d

It is easy to forget.

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 4d

Those are so delicious!

David Hunter @dhunterto.bsky.social · 4d

At any moment the Senate GOP can eliminate the filibuster and pass their healthcare cuts. They want Dems to help them hurt Americans.