Kola Adeosun & Ato Kenya Rockcliffe on the dynamics of sporting greatness. Every so often, an athlete emerges who redefines their sport – a figure so dominant that their very presence forces ...

Marianne Talbot tells us how to use the ultimate in transferrable skills. My mug is sitting to my right doing nothing. This is because it believes it is at the centre of the universe, and its desire ...

Patrick West on postmodernism and communicative reason. Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026) was a great thinker with wide interests. His work encompassed a vast array of fields from philosophy, social theory, ...

Pauline O’Flynn explores de Beauvoir’s argument that punishment is necessary to demonstrate that the degradation of humanity can never be ignored. Simone de Beauvoir poses a disturbing moral question ...

Ethics Goes Awry in Humans and AI • The Politics of Reincarnation in Tibet • Early Adopter of Kierkegaard & Tillich Dies — News reports by Anja Steinbauer ...

Some feminists say women should forget old-fashioned ethical rules and focus on developing positive aspects of their characters. Not so, says Sarah Conly. Clearly, virtue ethics’ emphasis on the ...

On September 20, 2001, nine days after the infamous September 11 terrorist attacks, U.S. President George W. Bush gave a speech to both houses of Congress, the American people, and the world. In it he ...

Each answer below receives a book. Apologies to the entrants not included. To answer this question, first ‘knowledge’ must be defined. It is difficult to determine exactly what constitutes knowledge, ...

Lawrence Evans contemplates Aristotle’s argument that happiness is the ultimate goal of human life, and that it can best be found in philosophical contemplation. Aristotle’s most famous work on ethics ...

Terraforming is the artificial transformation of other planets into places suitable for human habitation. A good thing, surely? Paul York argues that terraforming isn’t as ethically straightforward as ...

Dana Andreicut tells us about their philosophical differences and similiarities. Ayn Rand’s 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged has recently made a comeback after more than half a century, largely due to the ...

Alan Kirby says postmodernism is dead and buried. In its place comes a new paradigm of authority and knowledge formed under the pressure of new technologies and contemporary social forces. I have in ...