The astonishing mind of Derek Parfit
Parfit often said, “If my arguments don’t succeed, my life has been wasted.” Fortunately he was wrong. He ultimately failed, but more brilliantly than almost all the rest of us could ever succeed.
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Manners matter
To refuse politeness is to refuse to take your place in society, to throw grit into the wheels of social interaction. Like littering and petty shoplifting, what is harmless when done rarely by a few would be harmful if done regularly by the many.
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Coping with change
Why being prepared for the worst is only of limited help. and more in the microphilosophy newsletter
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What is a nation?
National identities are social constructs—and no less powerful for it
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The limits of democratisation
The failed promise of culture and affluence for all and more in the latest Microphilosophy.
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