Articles Descartes versus Cudworth On The Moral Worth of Animals Samuel Kaldas compares two views on the nature of animals and their implications for our moral responsibility towards them. “No one ...

I recently uncovered the nature of reality from a man on a flaming pie, who handed me a herbal cigarette. I now know that previously I was a body in a vat being poked by a malignant demon. I was only ...

Two commonly conflated concepts are selfish desires and self-interested desires. Let’s say I want to go to college to improve my chances of future employment. Most would say that this isn’t selfish of ...

Articles Bertrand Russell Stalks The Nazis Thomas Akehurst on why Russell blamed German fascism on German philosophy. Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is best known for his activities at the very ...

Hegel & History Hegel’s Understanding of History Jack Fox-Williams outlines the basics of how history works for Hegel. One of Hegel’s most interesting but misunderstood areas of enquiry concerns ...

Forms of Pacifism Pacifism emerges as people take these moral restraints on war ever more seriously. Varieties of pacifism differ by degree. It is helpful to understand the various forms of pacifism ...

David P. Barash says, not necessarily.War & Peace Are Human Beings Naturally Violent And Warlike? David P. Barash says, not necessarily. Ideas have consequences. Few people – and probably no ...

Continental Thoughts A Radical Cure: Hannah Arendt & Simone Weil on the Need for Roots Scott Remer thinks we arendt happy without a community and considers the complete reconstruction of the modern ...

Philosophy in Russia Tolstoy’s Theory of Nonviolence Academician Abdusalam A. Guseinov on pacificism and the perspective of the infinite beginning. The idea of nonviolence entered into the cycle of ...

Nietzsche undermines any self-deceiving idealism about love through the exposure of its less attractive motivations. In section 14 of The Gay Science, entitled ‘The things people call love’, Nietzsche ...

Religion & Secularism Beyond Humanism? Robert Griffiths argues that humanist ethics has significant limitations. There are many people who do not believe in gods in any sense. Some are fervent ...

Overview What’s New in… Chinese Philosophy Anja Steinbauer on modern developments in an ancient philosophical tradition. Many thinkers of our time believe that ‘globalisation’, “the process whereby ...