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February 5, 2023
Andreas Matthias

Should a Liberal State Ban the Burqa?

Book review
Should a Liberal State Ban the Burqa? by Brandon Robshaw, is a very clear, instructive and carefully argued book that shows off philosophy at its best. (more...)
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January 9, 2023
Luke Roelofs

When Does a Fetus Have Rights?

What sort of rights should a fetus or embryo have? A clear, comprehensive review of the arguments. (more...)
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October 19, 2022

Are We Allowed to Destroy Art?

Jimmy Carr is taking a hammer to Hitler
A new TV show fronted by Jimmy Carr will destroy artworks from artists ranging from Picasso to Hitler. Is this a bad thing? We look at the arguments for and against destroying art for entertainment. (more...)
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October 2, 2022

Stunning AI-Generated Art

How it works and what it means
A sample of AI art generated by Stable Diffusion. Is AI generated art different from human art, and is it art at all? (more...)
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August 22, 2022

How Free is Free Enough?

Ronald Dworkin on free speech and censorship
Today, we are confronted with the need to weigh free speech against other values like inclusivity, respect and tolerance. We look at the arguments of philosopher Ronald Dworkin in defence of free speech. (more...)
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August 3, 2022

Is Abortion Ethical?

The main arguments
Is abortion morally right? We look at the main arguments for and against abortion. (more...)
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June 23, 2022

When Is an AI System Sentient?

Blake Lemoine and LaMDA AI
How can we tell whether an AI program “thinks” or “feels”? In the recent debate of Blake Lemoine’s claims about LaMDA, a functionalist approach can help us understand machine consciousness and feelings. (more...)
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June 10, 2022
Sofia Jeppsson

Can We Define Mental Health?

Disclaimer: This is an article about the definition of mental health. It is not meant and should not be used as advice on how to treat mental health problems. (more...)
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The Principle of Double Effect

Philosophy and current affairs
Should we teach philosophy to young people when accounting would be better for them? Is driving a car morally bad? Meet the doctrine of Double Effect. (more...)
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David Villena

Deepfakes, deception, and distrust

Epistemic and social concerns
The main epistemic concern in the light of the potential ubiquity of deepfakes is not that we are going to be massively deceived. Global distrust and not global deception could be the ultimate consequence of deepfakes. (more...)
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David Cockayne

Confucianism and Just War

Since governments are charged with pursuing the popular well-being and not state power or prosperity, wars of aggression are illegitimate. - David Cockayne on how classic Confucianism would see wars. (more...)
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The Ukraine Conflict: Conduct in War

Philosophy and current affairs
What are the laws that apply during a war? We discuss the jus in bello and the requirements of discrimination, proportionality and necessity. Just War Theory applied to the current conflict in the Ukraine. (more...)
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The Ukraine Conflict and the Ethics of War

Philosophy and current affairs
What are the moral rules for war, how can wars be justified and are we obliged to help a country that has been attacked? Just War Theory applied to the current conflict in the Ukraine. (more...)
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Roman Yampolskiy on the dangers of AI

Philosopher interviews
Dr. Roman V. Yampolskiy, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Louisville, speaks about the future of AI. (more...)
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Sofia Jeppsson

Retributivism and Uncertainty

Why do we punish criminals?
Why do we have a criminal justice system? What could possibly justify the state punishing its citizens? Retributivism is the view that we ought to give offenders the suffering that they deserve for harming others. (more...)
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Emanuele Costa

Inventing the New World

Can AIs have intellectual property?
For the first time in history, an AI called DABUS has been granted a patent in South Africa. This article analyses the metaphysics of attributing inventions to non-human agents. (more...)
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Roman V. Yampolskiy

The Uncontrollability of AI

The creation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds great promise, but with it also comes existential risk. (more...)
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Seven Reasons to Outlaw Recreational Drugs

The main arguments
Should we legalise recreational drug use? This article explains seven arguments against legalising recreational drugs. (more...)
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Six Reasons to Legalise Recreational Drugs

The main arguments
Should we legalise recreational drug use or not? This article explains the most important six arguments in favour of the legalisation of recreational drugs. (more...)
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Vaccination Ethics

Can the state force us to get vaccinated?
Vaccination ethics is a surprisingly rich field of philosophical inquiry, and it covers issues from all major moral theories, reaching into world politics, poverty, the role of the state and the morality of taxation and car seat belts. (more...)
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What Is a Fair Share of Life?

The Fair Innings Argument in bioethics
The “Fair Innings Argument” assumes that there is such a thing as a fair share of life. But can we compare different lives in this way? (more...)
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Abortion: The Unconscious Violinist Argument

Judith Jarvis Thomson: A Defense of Abortion
Is abortion ethical? Philosopher Judith Jarvis Thomson created one of the most well-known thought experiments in modern ethics. In her 1971 paper “A Defense of Abortion,” she presents the thought experiment of the unconscious violinist. (more...)
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The Ethics of Organ Transplants

Can you kill one to save many?
Are we ever allowed to kill one in order to save many lives? Utilitarianism would look at the overall benefit and conclude that this might be permissible. (more...)
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Peter Singer's Drowning Child

Are we required to save lives if we can?
Peter Singer’s Drowning Child thought experiment: If, on the way to the office, we saw a child drowning in a pond, would we think that we have to save it? (more...)
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The Ethics of Eating Meat

Four moral theories and their views
Eating small quantities of meat that was grown in a sustainable way might be morally justifiable, while large-scale animal farming is probably morally wrong. (more...)
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Is it stupid to hoard toilet paper?

Sometimes, weird behaviours can be rational
It is too often assumed that hoarding commodities in a crisis is irrational and that everyone would be better off if nobody was hoarding things. But there are arguments to the contrary. (more...)

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