Rafael Ruiz: Is "Woke" Good, Actually?
Wednesday 29 July 2026
LSE Philosophy PhD student Rafael Ruiz discusses his Substack article Being "Woke" is good, actually and his work on moral progress on The Dissenter podcast. The episode is now available online!
On the podcast host Ricardo Lopes and Rafael Ruiz discuss what the term “woke” means, anti-woke radicalisation, whether woke is good, and how the woke can go too far. They also talk about non-ideal moral theory, psychological and materialist theories of moral progress as well as the link between moral progress and wokeism.