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Truth, Reality and Everything In-Between
Using the distinction between truth and reality, the political issue of the normalisation of controversial symbols and rhetoric is explored.
Mar 198 min read
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What We Mean by 'Equality'
In a time where the equality of individuals is being questioned in troubling ways, Prof Michels reviews Paul Sagar's 'Basic Equality'.
Nov 8, 20245 min read
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Presidential Immunity: What Would Plato Say?
Even if Donald Trump's idea of absolute presidential immunity is absurd, immunity itself is not, as Plato understood.
Jul 4, 20248 min read
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When consent is not enough
Sadomasochism shares many features with domestic violence. Is it possible to legitimately consent to either?
Jan 14, 202410 min read
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Javier Milei's anarcho-capitalism is incoherent
Photo by Angelica Reyes on Unsplash In a surprising turn of events, Javier Milei, a self-described “anarcho-capitalist,” has been...
Dec 3, 20235 min read
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(Im)moral hazard: the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank
Is there anything morally problematic with the financial industry's risk-taking behaviour in the expectation of a bailout?
Nov 19, 20235 min read
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High Risk, Low Reward: A Challenge to the Astronomical Importance of Existential Risk Mitigation
Derek Parfit (1984) asks us to consider two scenarios. In the first, a war kills 99% of the world population. This event, Parfit urges,...
Jun 4, 20234 min read
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A Socialist Guide To Effective Altruism
Effective altruism is a movement that believes we should help others as much as possible. This may sound like a bland statement of the...
Mar 31, 202310 min read
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Responsible AI: Responsible to Whom?
How the profit motive stages a theatre of ethics washing in Artificial Intelligence There is a burgeoning wave of start-ups and tech...
Mar 24, 20236 min read
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How Feminist is OnlyFans?
OnlyFans is a content subscription platform that gives content creators the space to upload sexy (although not necessarily explicit)...
Mar 18, 20238 min read
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The Magic We Owe The Future
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash 2022 has been a rollercoaster for ‘longtermism’. This is the idea that to do the most good, we need to...
Dec 8, 20226 min read
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The Banality of Good: On Why Millionaires Love Effective Altruism
Why does the moral philosophy of effective altruism attract so many millionaires, including Sam Bankman-Fried, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel?
Nov 27, 20227 min read
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Can Data Save Us From Ourselves?
Epistemic Uncertainty and Data-Driven Policy Making Policy driven by data and science represents the gold standard amongst politicians of...
Nov 20, 20227 min read
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In defence of party democracy
Many complain about the power of party members to select leaders. I argue that, in fact, they should be more empowered.
Nov 13, 20226 min read
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The Queen is dead
The Elizabethan age is over. Like when Nietzche declared that ‘God is dead’, we Brits face an existential moment that is ours to define
Oct 9, 20226 min read
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What should universities do about now?
What is the purpose of universities? Do they exist to solve practical problems, or for some higher ideal?
Oct 1, 20225 min read
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Can a machine be conscious?
Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash Blake Lemoine, a software engineer who has worked at Google for seven years, was assigned to a...
Sep 25, 20228 min read
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How the monarchy dominates us
Why do republican political philosophers think that monarchy makes us unfree, even if kings and queens never use their powers.
Sep 21, 20225 min read
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Freedom and Freaktopia: re-reading the past to re-imagine the future
Through his work on the Victorian freak show, and ideas from disability studies and philosophy, John Woolf explores the idea of 'freaktopia'
Aug 7, 20227 min read
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Overturning Roe v. Wade: The Court’s New Jurisprudence of Doubt
The precedent of Dobbs may do more than overturn a right to abortion. It may be precedent for fewer rights and more ambiguity in US law.
Jul 17, 20227 min read
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