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Back to SearchKate Soper on Alternative Hedonism
Kate Soper believes that we need to rethink how we live in the light of impending environmental catastrophe. She maintains that alternative ways of l…
16 years, 11 months ago
Chandran Kukathas on Genocide
Genocide is, at first glance, a straightforward term. We understand what it is and why it is such an evil. But, as Chandran Kukathas of the London S…
17 years ago
M.M. McCabe on the Paradox of Inquiry
How do we learn anything? This isn't a puzzle until you start thinking hard about it. In his dialogue The Meno, Plato presented an apparent paradox a…
17 years ago
Raymond Tallis on Parmenides
Parmenides was one of the most important pre-Socratic philosophers. Raymond Tallis discusses his ideas and influence in this episode of the Philosoph…
17 years, 1 month ago
Don Cupitt on Non-Realism about God
Don Cupitt, a controversial theologian and philosopher, whose BBC television series and book The Sea of Faith was extremely influential, giving birth…
17 years, 1 month ago
Wendy Brown on Tolerance
Tolerance is usually thought of as the great virtue of democratic societies. Wendy Brown of UC Berkeley asks some sceptical questions about the conce…
17 years, 1 month ago
Anne Phillips on Political Representation
Political representation in a democracy doesn't necessarily reflect the variety of people within a society. Most noticeably, there is a much lower pe…
17 years, 1 month ago
Anthony Grayling on Bombing Civilians in Wartime
Anthony Grayling argues that bombing civilians in Dresden and other German cities in the Second World War was morally wrong.
17 years, 2 months ago
Christopher Shields on Personal Identity
What makes anyone the same person over time? In this interview for Philosophy Bites Christopher Shields addresses this question of personal identity,…
17 years, 2 months ago
Alexander Nehamas on Friendship
Alexander Nehamas explores the value of friendship in this interview with Nigel Warburton for the Philosophy Bites podcast.
17 years, 2 months ago