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    / Interdisciplinary: Philosophy, Public Policy

    Ethan Mao ’26

    Winston Churchill High School

    Maryland, United States

  • A Global Lens on Growth Mindset: Cross-Cultural Variations and Educational Relevance

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    Jolynn Cai ’26

    Agoura High School

    California, United States

  • Mental Health Treatment and Recidivism: An Examination of Effectiveness

    / Public Policy

    Kaitlyn Qin ’27

    Greenwich High School

    Connecticut, United States

  • The Sacred and the State: Evangelicalism, Political Parties, and the Making of US Immigration History

    / Interdisciplinary: US History, Sociology

    Gavia Grewal ’26

    Mission San Jose High School

    California, United States

  • The Privatized Push for Influence: Russia, Wagner, and the Future of African Sovereignty

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    Cooper Schirmeier ’25

    The Potomac School

    Virginia, United States

  • Beyond Communication: Language Policy and the Shaping of Identity in Mongolia and Inner Mongolia

    / Sociolinguistics

    Seoyoon Lee ’26

    Harvard-Westlake School

    California, United States

  • Moral Skepticism and Minimal Moral Intuitionism

    / Philosophy

    Anthony (Qingyuan) Hu ’25

    The Hotchkiss School

    Connecticut, United States

  • Beyond a Religious War: The Socio-Economic Foundations of Colonialism in the Crusades

    / European History

    Gauri Gupta ’26

    Neeraj Modi School

    Jaipur, India

  • Shah Jahan’s Reign in Art: From Power to Personal Longing in The Pādshāhnāma and Dynastic Portraits

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    Riya Shah ’26

    Jericho Senior High School

    New York, United States

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Great Books for Summer

  • Cooper Schirmeier

    International relations, politics, and history have always been more than subjects to me; they are lenses through which I explore systems of power, identity, and change. From early high school,...

    Cooper Schirmeier

    International relations, politics, and history have always been more than subjects to me; they are lenses through which I explore systems of power, identity, and change. From early high school,...

  • Seoyoon Lee

    Lying at the core of culture, I have always believed that language fosters a blueprint for a country’s political, social, and national identity. I began exploring the anthropology of the...

    Seoyoon Lee

    Lying at the core of culture, I have always believed that language fosters a blueprint for a country’s political, social, and national identity. I began exploring the anthropology of the...

  • Gauri Gupta

    My fascination with history began when I stumbled upon Rise of Empires: Ottoman on Netflix. What began as casual viewing quickly drew me into how empires are built and sustained....

    Gauri Gupta

    My fascination with history began when I stumbled upon Rise of Empires: Ottoman on Netflix. What began as casual viewing quickly drew me into how empires are built and sustained....

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Featured Essay

Philosophy

Moral Skepticism and Minimal Moral Intuitionism

Anthony (Qingyuan) Hu ’25 | The Hotchkiss School | Connecticut, United States

Moral intuitions are non-sensory intellectual seemings concerning morality. Whether these intuitions can serve as a reliable source of moral knowledge has long been a subject of debate. This paper examines the epistemic status of moral intuitions in relation to moral skepticism, specifically addressing whether they can be considered prima facie justified. I argue that moral intuitions are indeed prima facie trustworthy, at least in some cases, to allow for any justifiable moral knowledge. First, I construct a Minimal Moral Intuitionism (MMI) framework, in which moral agents are justified in believing in at least some moral intuitions prima facie. Then, I proceed to argue that all existing alternative forms of attaining moral knowledge – moral intuitionism, instantaneous moral response, non-supreme principles of moral reasoning, and various supreme principles of morality (i.e., moral consequentialism, virtue ethics, and Kantianism) – fundamentally require the prima facie trustworthiness of at least some moral intuitions. In the final section, I defend MMI against three significant anti-intuitionist arguments – the burden of proof argument, the moral disagreement argument, and the evolutionary debunking argument – and uphold the ability of intuitions to reliably indicate moral truths, should they exist. This work offers a novel defense of moral intuitionism, potentially shifting metaethical debate by providing a framework that reconciles intuition with the challenges posed by moral skepticism. It satisfactorily addresses a key question regarding the epistemic status of moral intuitions, further advancing metaethical discussion. Rejecting moral skepticism, I conclude, entails accepting MMI.

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