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Those Who Justify Genocide

Michael McManus asks what remains of morality in the face of genocide.

Social Distancing in Solitude

J.R. Davis asks what Thoreau’s experience of isolation can teach us.

Philosophy & The Creation of the Individual

Mark Vernon chronicles a revolution in consciousness.

Einstein & The Rebbe

Ronald Pies sets up a dialogue between science and religion.

Corvid Captured

Seán Moran investigates indoor ornithology.

Buddha Travels West

Peter Abbs follows Buddhism’s path towards becoming a Western humanism.

Beyond Humanism?

Robert Griffiths argues that humanist ethics has significant limitations.

ZOMBIES

Chris Ferbrache wonders why zombie movies have remained so popular for almost a century.

The Philosophy Now Festival 2020

The century-old doors exploded inwards as Rick and I, laden with crates and rolls of paper, pushed into the eccentric Art Deco building.

‘I Am A God' On Becoming More Than Human

David Birch compares the attitudes of Friedrich Nietzsche and Kanye West.

Roger Scruton (1944-2020)

Piers Benn remembers his friend and colleague.

When Worlds (moral & causal) Collide

Toni Vogel Carey wrestles with conflicts of duty.

Our Nietzschean Future

Paul O’Mahoney considers the awful fate Nietzsche predicts for humanity.

Two Famous Philistines of Philosophy

Christopher Devlin Brown sees similarities and differences in Nietzsche’s and Plato’s critiques of art.

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519)

Mark Willingham looks at the philosophy of the great artist.

To Infinity... and Beyond!

Owain Griffin takes a leap beyond the limits of numbers, into concepts.

Eternal Recurrence Revisited

Brandon Robshaw looks again at Nietzsche’s idea of the eternal repetition of life.

What Philosophy Does To Philosophers

Rohan Somji looks at the consequences of thinking for three antique thinkers.

A Stoic Response To The Climate Crisis

Matthew Gindin thinks that the Stoics have useful advice for us right now.

JOKER

Stefan Bolea meditates on madness at the movies.

The Tragedy That Was Athens

Alex Holzman sees the history of Golden Age Athens as a play with Pericles and Socrates as its tragic heroes.

Gary Cox

Is the author of several books on existentialism and general philosophy. The 10th anniversary edition of his bestselling self-help book How to Be an Existentialist was published recently. Gavin Smith talks with him about existentialism.

Fellowship For Aristotle & Tolkien

Andy Owen explains what Aristotle was tolkien about.

The Wisdom of Ignorance

Daniel Silvermintz wants us to rediscover the virtue of Socratic ignorance.

Etienne de la Boétie (1530-1563)

Martin Jenkins looks at the life of an influential early political philosopher.

Francis Fukuyama & the Perils of Identity

Peter Benson critiques a liberal but nationalistic brand of identity politics.

Destined In Delhi

Seán Moran contemplates kismet and choreography.

The Mind Of Leonardo Da Vinci

Waqās Ahmed connects Leonardo's worldview with systems theory.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Thomas E. Wartenberg sees current concerns about truth in the news spotlighted by a classic Western.

Poodle As Representation Rottweiler As Will

Christopher Ryan takes a dogged look at Schopenhauer’s view of the world.