Philosophy
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Explainer: Socrates and the life worth living
He was likened to a gadfly buzzing around while one is trying to sleep. Oscar Davis The Conversation The Oracle…
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What ethical standards should we hold politicians to?
With Boris Johnson’s departure, the drama of the Conservative leadership election, and Keir Starmer’s declaration that “integrity matters” in politics, the question…
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The big idea: should we worry about sentient AI?
A philosopher asks if he was right to do so Regina Rini The Guardian There’s a children’s toy, called the…
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Can we ever fully separate our work and home lives?
If you could take work-life balance to its most literal extreme, what would it look like? Peter West The Conversation…
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Can humanity run out of ideas?
Given this wide breadth of lightbulb moments, from trifling to significant, can humanity ever run out of ideas? To some…
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Pythagoras’ revenge: humans didn’t invent mathematics, it’s what the world is made of
To this way of thinking, mathematics is like a language: it may describe real things in the world, but it…
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What the world can learn from the Buddhist concept loving-kindness
Indeed, it was the kind acts of essential workers that helped save many lives. Brooke Schedneck The Conversation As a scholar…
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Iris Murdoch: what the writer and philosopher can teach us about friendship
We are drawn to people who share our interests, or who we simply like and admire. Cathy Mason The Conversation…
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Desmond Titi 11th Annual International Peace Lecture
2021 Peace Lecture Speeches The 11th Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture was delivered by the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s highest spiritual…
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Free speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want, wherever. Here’s how to explain this to kids
Many protesters hold right-wing and extremist views. Authors : The Conversation Police say people have been arrested for breaching the…
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South Africa danger zone: Living in a ‘hijacked’ building
Photographer Shiraaz Mohamed gained the trust of some who live there to find out more about their home in one…
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When human life begins is a question of politics – not biology
The Texas law went into effect on Sept. 1, 2021, and severely limits the right to have an abortion in…
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When life gives you lemons … 4 Stoic tips for getting through lockdown from Epictetus
A straight-talking advocate of the idea philosophy should help people flourish even in hard times, Epictetus has much to offer…
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Friday essay: what do the 5 great religions say about the existence of the soul?
The soul can be defined as the spiritual or non-material part of us that survives death. Philip C. Almond The…
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Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about
But what about Aspasia, the foreign mistress of the foremost politician in Athens who gave both political and erotic advice?…
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I spoke to 99 big thinkers about what our ‘world after coronavirus’ might look like – this is what I learned
For a research center dedicated to longer-term thinking, it made sense to ask what our post-COVID-19 world might look like.…
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