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Tallis in Wonderland

A Conversation with my Neighbour

Raymond Tallis replies to Joel Marks.

I have always believed that we should do our best to get on with our neighbours. After all, you never know when you might need their help. Philosophy Now is a happy street, and I particularly like the chap who lives next door to me at ‘Ethical Episodes’, Professor Joel Marks. You can tell that he’s a regular guy because he has a beard like mine, and, as with me, the heat of philosophical thought has burnt off the hair that once adorned his cranium. What’s more, he usually talks excellent sense.

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