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July 1, 2022
Ezechiel Thibaud

What’s Wrong with The Passion Economy?

Adam Davidson’s “The Passion Economy”
Adam Davidson describes the “Passion Economy” in a book released in 2020. This article shows why Davidson’s proposal is not a sustainable solution to fix our current relationship with work. (more...)
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June 24, 2022
John Shand

The Knowledge-Effect

Is more knowledge always better?
Awareness of the knowledge-effect is important because it is something we need strongly to guard against if we are to make good normative judgements. (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 21, 2022

Religion and Happiness

Are religious people happier?
Religion has a profound effect on happiness. Multiple studies have shown that religious believers are generally happier people, an effect that is more pronounced in poorer countries. (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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June 9, 2022

The New Daily Philosophy Magazine

Now on your Kindle!
Daily Philosophy has launched a new format: the Daily Philosophy printable magazine. Download it now and get all free and premium articles, plus all perks of the premium membership. (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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Erich Fromm on How to Be Happy

A new Daily Philosophy book
Daily Philosophy has launched a new book, “Erich Fromm on How to Be Happy,” which takes us on a journey to the world of the Frankfurt School and Social Psychology. (more...)
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Epicurus: A Guide to the Principal Doctrines

Text, commentary and study guide
The Principal Doctrines is the main work of Epicurus on happiness. This article presents the original text with explanations and discussion questions. It also includes tips for organising an Epicurus reading group or book club. (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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John Shand

The Wind on Your Face

A reflection
The limits of language are all there before us in the everyday. For there is no description or account of the wind on your face (nor of the experience of seeing a red rose) that could give you any idea at all what the wind on your face was like to have. (more...)
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Ian James Kidd

Shénnóng and the Agriculturalist School

According to Shénnóng, rulers had a limited number of very simple functions, mainly concerning agriculture. A ruler should teach people agricultural arts, inspect their fields, and keep a grain store. (more...)
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Brentyn J. Ramm

How to Recognise Pure Awareness

Douglas Harding and the Headless Way
What is pure awareness? Douglas Harding (1909-2007) proposed a series of simple but surprising experiments that one can perform to learn more about oneself as the subject of one’s own first person view. (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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Stephen Leach

Philosophy and Nuclear Weapons

In 1964, Bertrand Russell wrote that the philosopher’s duty was now to forget philosophy and to study “the probable effects of a nuclear war.” (more...)
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David E. Cooper

Jeremy Bentham on Animal Ethics

Philosophy in Quotes
A history of philosophy in its most famous quotes. Today: Jeremy Bentham on the suffering of animals: “The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?” (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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Catherine Greene

I’m depressed and it’s all your fault!

Separating depression from sadness
Are we driving ourselves insane? And have we been doing so for over a hundred years? To understand this, we need to understand how we came to think of ourselves as depressed. (more...)
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Socrates on Knowing Nothing

Philosophy in Quotes
Explore philosophy through its most famous quotes! Today: Socrates on knowing that you know nothing. (more...)
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Immanuel Kant on Means and Ends

Philosophy in Quotes
Explore philosophy through its most famous quotes! Today: Immanuel Kant on how to treat human beings. (more...)
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