Tag: "utilitarianism"

Peter Singer

The controversial Australian philosopher defends the right to choose to die on utilitarian grounds. Matt Qvortrup recently asked him about it.
[Issue 171: December 2025 / January 2026: Interview]

Forced Vaccination

Naina Krishnamurthy asks if it’s ethical or egregious.
[Issue 170: October/November 2025: Moral Issues]

Existential Comics

A comic by Corey Mohler about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.
[Issue 165: December 2024 / January 2025: Cartoon]

Existential Comics

A comic by Corey Mohler about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.
[Issue 154: February/March 2023: Cartoon]

Maine de Biran (1766-1824)

Benjamin Bâcle finds Maine de Biran’s idea of the self-willing self to be underrated.
[Issue 133: August/September 2019: Brief Lives]

Ethics of the Future

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

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

by Terence Green
[Issue 128: October/November 2018: Philosophical Haiku]

When A Body Meets A Body

Tim Madigan discovers that Jeremy Bentham has risen from the grave!
[Issue 96: May/June 2013: Zombies & Philosophy]

Lying to Mother Teresa

Derek Harrison deceives a saint, and derives a moral lesson.
[Issue 95: March/April 2013: Articles]

Peter Singer Says You Are a Bad Person

Howard Darmstadter shows us why the Australian abnegator is wrong.
[Issue 89: March/April 2012: Articles]