If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. [Albert Einstein] No...

“If we ought to philosophize we ought to philosophize, and if we ought not to philosophize we ought to philosophize; in either case,...

What’s needed now is neither fatalism nor utopianism, but a suite of practical pathways for families and communities that lead to a real...

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second by imitation, which is easiest; and third by...

To be a person, a being must be self-conscious, aware of its identity and its continued existence over time [Derek Parfit] Persons are...

“In a world of true abundance, you shouldn't have to work to justify your life.” Sam Harris Universal basic income (UBI)—the proposition...

Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control…we all dance to a mysterious tune,...

“Dare to think for yourself”. (Immanuel Kant) “What you think is less important than how you think”. (Christopher Hitchens) “Critical...

If you really want to talk 'cult' then you need go no further than the pseudo-science of behaviourism. The latter theory has had a...

Philosopher's Café “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” [George Orwell]...

Philosopher’s Café “Arguing that you don’t care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than...

“I am afraid we are not rid of God because we still have faith in grammar”. [Friedrich Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols] “We are each free...

In a retributive punishment oriented legal system it is claimed that when justice is done, and seen to be done, it provides a catharsis...

What to do about climate change is not simply a question for activists, scientists, politicians and economists—it’s a question for...

Here’s the difference between an idiot who happens to be a physicist, and a person of wisdom who happens to be the physicist without whom...

In the present world we have gone to great lengths to separate the political from the ethical. The political we say is about acquiring...

"The conviction that everything that happens on earth must be comprehensible to man can lead to interpreting history by commonplaces....

It is fairly clear now that mainstream political parties have either been bought off by the power elite or they are just too timid to put...

It happened a year ago and I put it on a list of things I wanted to watch so I'm just now getting to it today. Jordan Peterson v Slavoj...

It seems this little bit of ancient advice is simple enough. Many philosophers have claimed that the way we come to know ourself is...