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October 4, 2024 John Young Myers Verdict We, the Jury, duly impaneled and sworn, upon our oaths, do find the defendant, of her own free will, as to Count One, guilty of First-degree Murder. (more...)
September 20, 2024 Özlem Karakus Irvin Yalom: The Spinoza Problem Book review Irvin Yalom’s (b. 1931) The Spinoza Problem: A Novel (Basic Books 2013) intertwines history and philosophy, offering a fresh perspective on two distinct but connected lives. (more...)
September 15, 2024 Avery Warfield How Many Cows Does It Take? Navigating the Trolley Problem's Moral Dilemma Here, instead of five people versus one person, the trolley is heading toward N cows and diverting it will kill one person. (more...)
August 30, 2024 Christopher Belshaw Still Against Veganism A reply to Petrică Nițoaia My question was – and still is – a short good life with a pain free death, or no life at all, which would you prefer? A reply to Petrică Nițoaia. (more...)
August 16, 2024 Ian James Kidd The Hermit of the Lonely Loch Aspiring hermits have many motivations. Smith eloquently testifies to his reasons, some of them deeply personal. (more...)
July 27, 2024 Daniel Sadasivan Boltzmann Brains and Epistemology Entropy can be calculated with a concept called multiplicity. The multiplicity is the number of indistinguishable possibilities that could cause the results we observe. (more...)
July 12, 2024 Petrică Nițoaia Embracing Kindness The Moral Argument for Veganism Ethical arguments against veganism are examined and refuted. (more...)
July 5, 2024 F. Andrew Wolf Jr Liberty, Democracy, Justice Can the Center Hold? In the Republic, Plato speaks of society in metaphorical terms as “our city of words.” The dialogue is essentially about justice as a human virtue. (more...)
June 30, 2024 Andreas Matthias James Tartaglia: Inner Space Philosophy Book review Tartaglia’s sometimes uneven exploration of how philosophy could be popularised is hugely amusing and entertaining at places, but it also has parts that don’t quite live up to its promise. (more...)
June 21, 2024 Catherine Greene It's OK to Major in English or History ...and you might even save the world Just because we can automate something doesn’t mean that we won’t pay over the odds for an analogue version. (more...)
June 14, 2024 John Shand Evil: Ordinary or Extraordinary? Are the people who perform evil acts ordinary or extraordinary? Just like other people or exceptional people? (more...)
June 11, 2024 Finn Janning To Exist Is to Play Albert Camus’ love for football The writer and philosopher Albert Camus was known for his existentialist essays, novels, and love of football. (more...)
June 8, 2024 David E. Cooper Same Again? Short story Edward’s decision was, for the rest of his life, never to spend more than one night in any given place. (more...)
June 7, 2024 Global Essay Contest 2024 Take part in our global essay contest! Prizes include cash, publication and an interview with Daily Philosophy. (more...)
May 31, 2024 Luka Zurkic What does Philosophy do? What could have led to the fact that the study of philosophy does not encourage independent thinking? (more...)
May 25, 2024 Andreas Matthias Timothy Morton: Hell Book review Hell is utterly impossible to put down just because of the sheer force of its language… (more...)
May 22, 2024 Ian James Kidd Hánfēizǐ A Chinese philosophical pessimist Hánfēizǐ advocated a realist political philosophy and its aim was the establishment of order. The function of the state is to survive – to suppress internal strife and resist external aggression. (more...)
May 15, 2024 Can You Steal a Culture? Making sense of cultural appropriation For a long time, we have been watching the public discussion on cultural appropriation. Many writers and philosophers, even guests we have interviewed here on Daily Philosophy, have been reluctant to discuss the topic in public. (more...)
May 11, 2024 Ian James Kidd Taking Pessimism Seriously Pessimism today has an ambivalent status. On the one hand, even a cursory glance at the world reveals a depressing abundance of dreadful events, tendencies, and phenomena. (more...)
May 10, 2024 May 10: Happy Birthday, Karl Barth! Christianity does not accept any leader beside God Karl Barth, born May 10, insisted that the Church should not collaborate with the Nazi state in Germany. (more...)
April 29, 2024 Stuart Bush-Harris Transfer of Matter A short story My eyes widen as I stare at the board, the possibilities beginning to fill my mind. (more...)