Boris Johnson’s resignation: an interesting moment for ethics in politics.
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What would moralists and realists say about the UK’s recent political turmoil?
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Irony is linked to the ability to say one thing while thinking another – which means it’s also intrinsic to being human. What does new research into artificial intelligence and irony reveal?
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Humanity’s remarkable powers of comprehension can be aggrandising, but ultimately they demand a sense of humility.
Fanon was among the early exponents of decolonisation.
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Fanon left a remarkable imprint, his views influencing many in the field of mental illness as well as pan-Africanist and anti-colonialism thinkers.
Cyclists take part in stage two of the 2022 Tour de France, riding though Roskilde, Denmark.
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The answer could lie in evolution.
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Marx’s thought was groundbreaking. His primary interest wasn’t simply capitalism. It was human existence and our potential.
Right to die activist Sean Davison (left) speaks to the press after three years of house arrest.
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People make decisions throughout their lives about their health. But when they are terminally ill they are not allowed to decide when they want to die.
Reaching Up by David McCracken.
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Ludwig Wittgenstein’s brilliant early work has had a lasting influence on philosophy, though almost no one has agreed with his conclusions – not even Wittgenstein himself.
Most African countries have tough anti-gay laws.
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Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
A visitor pays respects at a memorial created outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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The word ‘evil’ sends a clear message – or does it? There are deep tensions in what the word means, and what it can accomplish.
The galaxy cluster Abell 520, with suspected dark matter highlighted in blue.
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There’s a perfectly good alternative to dark matter, but most scientists aren’t keen on the idea.
Whataboutism is often deployed when an argument is seen as a battle to be won and not a debate.
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As strategies go, whataboutism is more attack than debate. Using it isn’t about reasoned argument but winning a fight, no matter the cost to truth.
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Children are taught to value the lives of other species less, according to a new study.
Julian the Apostate presiding at a conference of sectarians – Edward Armitage (1875).
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Julian Barnes’ Elizabeth Finch is an unrequited love story and a philosophical novel that asks how we understand ourselves and others.
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Cutting-edge theories of physics suggest time may not be real – but even if they’re right, life can still go on as usual.
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Apple TV’s Severance imagines what would happen to our sense of self if we could completely separate our work and home lives.
Paulin Hountondji was the anointed enfant terrible of African philosophy.
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Hountondji both disrupted and shaped ideas on African philosophy. He is a grandfather of today’s decolonial movement.
Why don’t chimpanzees rule the world? Is storytelling - the mysterious glue that enables millions of humans to cooperate effectively - the answer?
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The unique power of story is like a sharp knife, writes Claire Corbett. It is neither good nor evil, but can cut both ways.
Studies show that feelings of ease and comfort in a given situation – what psychologists call ‘fluency’ – are tied to feelings of authenticity.
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What if cultivating your authentic self doesn’t involve self-reflection, but instead means focusing on what feels good and natural?
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In his latest book, David Brooks questions human exceptionalism, drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers and writers.