Tag: "culture & society"

Walter Benjamin and the Media by Jaeho Kang

Terri Murray surveys Walter Benjamin’s perspective on the media within cultures.
[Issue 113: April/May 2016: Books]

Herder & Human Identity

Brian King says that to understand the herd, you need a Herder.
[Issue 112: February/March 2016: Articles]

Does Altruism Exist? by David Sloan Wilson

William Irwin asks if pure ethics exists at all.
[Issue 112: February/March 2016: Books]

Simon & Finn

by Melissa Felder
[Issue 112: February/March 2016: Cartoon]

Let’s Be Reasonable!

Philip Badger tries to convince us to be optimistic about human equality.
[Issue 110: October/November 2015: Liberty & Equality]

Surveillance Ethics

Seán Moran is watching the watchers.
[Issue 110: October/November 2015: Liberty & Equality]

Her

David Taube exposes some of the difficulties in ever fully knowing the one we love.
[Issue 110: October/November 2015: Films]

Beyond Human Nature by Jesse J. Prinz

Lantz Fleming Miller considers the nature versus nurture divide in Beyond Human Nature.
[Issue 108: June/July 2015: Books]

A Refutation of Snails By Roast Beef

James Alexander finds Alain Badiou guilty of horrors but sometimes worth reading.
[Issue 107: April/May 2015: Modern French Philosophy]

A Can of Tomato Juice in the Sea

Alejandra Mancilla uses an example from Robert Nozick to question the claims to ownership made by breeders of genetically modified organisms.
[Issue 107: April/May 2015: Articles]

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