Tag: "culture & society"

Mill, Free Speech & Social Media

Nevin Chellappah asks whether John Stuart Mill’s famous account of free speech is still sustainable in the age of Twitter.
[Issue 151 :: August/September 2022 :: Articles]

Digital Freedom

Roberta Fischli & Thomas Beschorner argue that our digital future is not preprogrammed: it’s about time we start thinking about what it should look like.
[Issue 151 :: August/September 2022 :: Articles]

Advertising is Immoral

Peter Gildenhuys says many adverts are saturated with sophistry.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022 :: Articles]

Gender as Biological Fact vs Gender as Social Construction

Francisco Javier Camacho Jr asks, what difference does it make?
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022 :: Articles]

Zhuangzi, Language & Gender

Thorsten Botz-Bornstein asks what Daoist sages might have thought about PC.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022 :: Articles]

Why Does Inequality Matter? by T.M. Scanlon

Peter Stone gives good reasons why inequality is bad.
[Issue 150 :: June/July 2022 :: Books]

Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman

Rutger Bregman gives a hopeful spin on our species.
[Issue 149 :: April/May 2022 :: Books]

Harmony & Cancellation Culture

Erica Stonestreet asks, are we too quick these days to break off relationships?
[Issue 148 :: February/March 2022 :: Articles]

Guto Dias’ Cartoon

by Guto Dias
[Issue 148 :: February/March 2022 :: Cartoon]

The Philosopher with a Thousand Faces

Alex Gooch on narrative, meaning, and the failure of philosophy.
[Issue 147 :: December 2021 / January 2022 :: Happiness & Meaning]

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