Tag: "ethics"

News: April/May 2019

Word frequency reveals morality’s tides • Marx’s tomb vandalised • Black holes evade conceptual capture — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 131 :: April/May 2019 :: News]

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

Martin Jenkins traces the life of a self-made woman.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: Brief Lives]

Can an ‘Ought’ be Derived from an ‘Is’?

Philippa Foot says it’s super easy, barely an inconvenience.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: Articles]

Ethics of the Future

Alexander Joy on the importance of not hurting future people.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: Articles]

Søren Kierkegaard On the Perils of Procrastination

Gordon Marino can’t wait to tell you about moral self-deception.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: Articles]

Teaching Ethics: What’s The Harm?

Patrick Stokes discusses some of the ethical problems arising in teaching ethics.
[Issue 130 :: February/March 2019 :: A Moral Education]

Should We Pursue Happiness?

Vincent Kavaloski reviews both Tolstoy’s insights and his oversight.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Arts & Letters]

Mary Midgley (September 13, 1919 - October 10, 2018)

Carol Nicholson on a remarkable ethicist and Philosophy Now contributor.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Obituary]

Putting Animals & Humans To Sleep

John Shand doubts there is a moral difference.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: Articles]

Creature Discomforts

by “Adam”
[Issue 128 :: October/November 2018 :: Editorial]

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