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Articles on John Stuart Mill
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A philosopher offers advice on how mothers could stop being pitted against each other.
From the 1870s on, continual improvements in living standards became a birthright – not for everyone, but for humanity as a whole. King Charles III inherits a different future.
Elon Musk’s attempt to take over Twitter uses free speech as the motivation, but research shows that unregulated online spaces result in increased harassment for marginalized users.
An ethicist argues that choices made by celebrities could impose unjustified risk of harm on others.
A moral philosopher explains why the ethics of getting or refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are more complex than it might seem.
Many of us believe that outrage is an appropriate response to what appears to be a selfishly motivated refusal to wear a mask, but is it?
Attempts to find brain structures responsible for supposed cognitive sex differences have not succeeded.
A mother with underlying conditions wants to hug her children even if means risking her own life with COVID-19. Should they abide by her wishes or keep their distance?
In these times of fear and uncertainty, many of us face daily decisions regarding the right thing to do. An ethicist offers guidance on how to think through them.
What makes an action ‘good’ or ‘evil’? And are there situations under which lying for a job interview might be justified?
Liberal democracy is in trouble, and the seeds of its demise can be found in the property rights so cherished by so-called liberals generations ago.
American spending on pets is more than the combined GDP of the 39 poorest countries in the world. What if even a small percentage of this spending was allocated to reducing suffering, asks a philosopher.
Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.
Society persists in criminalising the use of cannabis but it is morally indefensible.
Though the cultural origins of free speech are progressive, there is nothing actually liberal about the current crop of free speech warriors in the Canada and the United States.
The great thinker left thousands of comments in the margins of his personal library. Now these are being digitised and catalogued.
Emmanuel Macron is the latest to talk about reining in fake news. It can’t be done.
Who is entitled to the increase in value created by planning approvals, new infrastructure, population growth or urban development? For John Stuart Mill, the answer would have been the community.
The concept of ‘free speech’ is devilishly difficult, and depends greatly on a person’s political and philosophical viewpoint.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Honorary Research Associate in Philosophy; Lecturer in Ethics in Engineering Faculty, University of Sydney
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Professor in Political Science and International Relations, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Law, Edinburgh Napier University
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Presidential Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Biology; Director, Cellular & Behavioral Neurobiology Graduate Program, University of Oklahoma
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Professor of Philosophy, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
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Adjunct Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Professor of Political Science, Nipissing University
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Professor of English Literature, University of Alabama
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Professor of Philosophy, California State University, Fullerton
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Lecturer of Philosophy, Arizona State University
