Is it stupid to hoard toilet paper?
The rationality of hoarding It’s often assumed, without further thought, that hoarding stuff in times of a crisis, like now with the coronavirus, must be…
Is it stupid to hoard toilet paper?
The rationality of hoarding It’s often assumed, without further thought, that hoarding stuff in times of a crisis, like now with the coronavirus, must be…
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How happy are you?
In this video we discuss how to measure happiness. Is that even possible? And how would we go about it? Watch to learn more:
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Can it be right to break the law?
Sometimes laws look like they protect the rich and the wealthy at the cost of the poor and disadvantaged. Sometimes laws may feel unjust. So…
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What is happiness? (video)
Does money make happy? How is health related to happiness? Is happiness nothing but pleasure? We begin this series of lectures by exploring our everyday…
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A life’s fair share
Do the young deserve life more? Is it more tragic when people die young? If you have two patients and only one ventilator, who should…
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Can you kill one to save many?
The ethics of weighing lives Imagine you are a doctor. You are doing organ transplants on children. You have a whole hospital ward full of…
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What is ethics?
A new series Welcome to this new series of posts! Here I want to publish a daily video talking about some philosophy question that…
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The past, the future, and lessons from a virus
This is a chapter from a forthcoming book examining the future of mankind. If you’d like to start at the beginning, click here to read the…
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The future, the horse, the car, and the printer
This is a chapter from a forthcoming book examining the future of mankind. If you’d like to start at the beginning, click here to read…
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Video: Courtly love. Some examples (09b)
This is a series of lectures on the philosophy of love and sexuality. I hope you enjoy it! If you missed the previous parts, you…
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Come, visit the future!
Hi, nice to see you here! You’ve come to just the right place. This is the first post in a new series where we’ll look,…
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Video: Courtly love. The basic idea (09a)
This is a series of lectures on the philosophy of love and sexuality. I hope you enjoy it! If you missed the previous parts, you…
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Video: Christian mystics in the Middle Ages (08a)
This is a series of lectures on the philosophy of love and sexuality. I hope you enjoy it! If you missed the previous parts, you…
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Video: Christian love, from St Paul to Anders Nygren and CS Lewis (07a)
This is a series of lectures on the philosophy of love and sexuality. I hope you enjoy it! If you missed the previous parts, you…
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Video: Aristotle: Can one love a dog, a cat or a country? (Part 4) (06d)
This is a series of lectures on the philosophy of love and sexuality. I hope you enjoy it! If you missed the previous parts, you…
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