What does it mean to be a grown-up?
Maybe Paul has the answer after all: “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as[…]
ReadMaybe Paul has the answer after all: “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as[…]
ReadIn the latest microphilosophy podcast I talk to Mary Warnock about her latest book, Dishonest to God: On Keeping Religion out of Politics. The interview was recorded live at the Arnolfini Centre as part of the Bristol Festival of Ideas.
ReadIn the coalition between thought and feeling, intellect has become the junior partner while passion leads. If you doubt this, type the phrase “passionate about” into a search engine, adding whatever obscure, dull subject you can think of. I got 2,380 results for “passionate about outsourcing” and 1,490 for “passionate about waste management”. It seems being committed to doing the best job possible just isn’t good enough.
ReadUntil the 19th century, some communities in India believed that a widow ought to throw herself on her husband’s funeral[…]
ReadIn his book, In Defence of Dogs, John Bradshaw provides a fascinating insight into the inner life of dogs, raising issues of consciousness and animal ethics.
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