The Depth of Breadth
It’s a new book themed microphilosophy this month. My reflections are on the virtues of applying a broad brush to big issues, and there’s news on a special pre-order offer and dates for my autumn UK tour.
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Category: Articles & Essays
Why are we still eating so much meat?
One of the main reasons for the failure of the “less meat” message is that it has become distorted and is heard as the inverse of what it really is.
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Every Little Helps?
What’s the point of doing a sponsored walk, or even voting? On the supposed irrationality of small acts in the latest Microphilosophy newsletter.
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Inside the mind of a Nimby
Nimbyism is too often reduced to its negative sides: metathesiophobia (fear of change) and xenophobia (fear of strangers). But these fears are arguably the flipsides of what the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton called “oikophilia”: the love of home.
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Questions of character
I used to play five-a-side football with Keir Starmer. Although this might sound like a pathetic attempt to show that[…]
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