Although Jimmy Donaldson might have you think otherwise, exploiting people for entertainment can’t be morally offset by doing good elsewhere.
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The soul and body splitting event of childbirth – and the profound experience of becoming a mother – have been sidelined by philosophy for centuries.
It’s a perfect quick moral apocalypse for a doomscrolling public.
Everyone likes being told they’re clever, even if it’s coming from an AI chatbot. But their sycophancy has serious consequences for truth and trust.
The strange alliance between demagogues and despots ought to puzzle and worry every thinking person, and it needs to be understood.
Just war theory, developed over centuries, focuses on six criteria for assessing whether a conflict is justified.
Environmental solutions that come in the guise of technological progress may harbour dangers we can’t fully fathom or control.
AI bots promise limitless companionship – but limits are what makes human relationships meaningful, a philosopher argues.
It may seem like a paradox, but it takes good friends for someone to really understand themselves – and grow in virtue, as Aristotle argued.
While direct evidence of multiple universes is hard to come by, indirect evidence raises intriguing possibilities.
Habermas was unshakeable in his conviction that people have minds of their own and are free to hope for a better future.
The information your eyes takes in is only half the story.
More than 2,000 years ago, Laozi was all too familiar with the pitfalls of comparing yourself to other people’s accomplishments.
While rationalizing deception is easy to do, developing the virtue of truthfulness is not.
The emotional outbursts of MAGA men can seem spontaneous and even silly – but we should take them seriously, especially when they apply to war.
It could help ensure the animals in our care are living their best lives.
The ancient Greek word phronesis means practical wisdom. It’s about choosing the right action at the right time for the right reasons, helping you apply the other virtues correctly.
Contemporary culture seems obsessed with authenticity – but the question of how to be ‘sincere’ in modern society has troubled philosophers for centuries.
Philosopher and writer Albert Camus defined gangster morality as ‘an inexhaustible round of triumph and revenge, defeat and resentment’. Sound familiar?
A definition of happiness must include unhappiness and chance if it’s to have real meaning.
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