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Philosophy Now
Mohist Anti-Militarism & Just War Theory
Shaun O'Dwyer takes an unfortunately still relevant look at how to avoid war.
10+ min |
December 2022 / January 2023
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Moral Education in Confucianism
Plakshi Jain compares reflection’ and learning’ as means of becoming good.
8 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
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Poetry & Philosophy for the 21st Century
Benjamin Lloyd gets Dewey-eyed over resonant rhymes.
9 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
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On Regret
David Charles argues that we should not regret our decisions, but should take responsibility for our decision-making processes.
5 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
Ethics in Politics
Massimo Pigliucci trawls the history of politics to see how closely ethics fits it.
9 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
What Am I Doing?
James Gallant, writer, reflects on the psychology of creativity.
8 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
In Praise of Aphorisms
Grahame Lockey writes pithy observations to make you think about pithy observations to make you think.
10 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
Creating Cities
Harry Drummond builds a case.
6 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
The Philosophy of Creativity
Rick Lewis asks what's new in this fascinating field
6 min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
Plaiting Gravy
Les Jones on allegories, specific domains and Wittgenstein’s social ideas
10+ min |
December 2022 / January 2023
Philosophy Now
How Did We Get To Be So Different?
Raymond Tallis grasps the grip our hands have on our humanity.
7 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
DON'T LOOK UP
Dylan Skurka marvels at the human capacity to ignore existential threats.
7 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Was Spinoza Actually An ATHEIST?
Kenneth Novis says the case hinges on how you define 'God'.
9 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Digital Freedom
Roberta Fischli & Thomas Beschorner argue that our digital future is not preprogrammed: it's about time we start thinking about what it should look like.
7 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Mill, Free Speech & Social Media
Nevin Chellappah asks whether John Stuart Mill's famous account of free speech is still sustainable in the age of Twitter.
10+ min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
How To Be Really Good
Robert Griffiths considers what it takes to actually be a mensch.
8 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Levinas and Post-Pandemic Masking
Adam Birt tells us why Levinas wants us to throw off our face coverings.
6 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Of Clouds & Shadows
Heiner Thiessen on Eratosthenes, Ancient Greek scientist.
5 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
The Uses and Misuses of Socrates
Dennis Sansom says we shouldn't be too quick to pluck philosophers out of their own historical contexts in order to put them into ours.
10+ min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Aristotle's Guide To Living Well
Lawrence Evans contemplates Aristotle's argument that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life, and that it can best be found in philosophical contemplation.
10+ min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Glaucon Before Lachesis
Mark Piper unveils the long-lost epilogue to Plato's Republic.
5 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Plato's Myths
Neel Burton asks why the master reasoner turned to launching legends.
5 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Books
In this issue we look at two books on four famous female philosophers and friends; and another on the liberating experience of teaching philosophy in prison.
10+ min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Daisetsu Suzuki (1870-1966)
Brian Morris contemplates the 'ultimate reality' of a Zen Buddhist philosopher.
8 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
An Ancient Conversation About Motion
Matei Tanasă imagines the sort of conversation about change, motion, appearance and reality that philosophers were having in ancient Athens.
5 min |
August/September 2022
Philosophy Now
Advertising is Immoral
Peter Gildenhuys says many adverts are saturated with sophistry.
10+ min |
June / July 2022
Philosophy Now
Books
Vincent Di Norcia thinks about Roman Emperors, Peter Stone gives good reasons why inequality is bad, and Alan Shepherd scrutinises a new vision of society.
10+ min |
June / July 2022
Philosophy Now
Did Kant Solve Skepticism?
Thomas Morrison asks just what Kant learned from his Critique of Pure Reason.
10+ min |
June / July 2022
Philosophy Now
In Search of an Ethical Roadmap
Samantha Neave explores how to be a good person, with the help of Immanuel Kant and the Tooth Fairy.
10+ min |
June / July 2022
Philosophy Now
Gender as Biological Fact vs Gender as Social Construction
Francisco Javier Camacho Jr asks, what difference does it make?
10+ min |