Now’s the time for Confucian wisdom
We’ve found it easy to ignore the philosopher’s work—but, as a new translation shows, it contains correctives for the limitations of western liberalism
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Tag: Ethics
Heated debate
The ethics of air conditioning
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More Instrumentalisation
Why doing good things for their supposed benefits may not deliver the results you expect…
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The Instrumentalisation of Everything
From art to religion to sex, instrumentalisation has drained away intrinsic value. But life is about more than material benefits
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Global Food Philosophy
Julian Baggini argues that we can use philosophical tools to identify the key principles that should govern a food system fit for the 21st century and beyond, drawing on the empirical base of how humans have fed themselves across the globe and history.
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