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Jul 4, 20247 min read
Presidential Immunity: What Would Plato Say?
Even if Donald Trump's idea of absolute presidential immunity is absurd, immunity itself is not, as Plato understood.
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Dec 17, 20235 min read
Will AI replace fashion designers, or help them?
AI models known as GANs are now being used in the fashion industry. But can they attain human levels of creativity?
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Nov 19, 20235 min read
(Im)moral hazard: the bailout of Silicon Valley Bank
Former FED chairman Paul Volcker once said that “about every ten years we have the greatest crisis in 50 years”. 2023, it seems, will not...
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Jun 4, 20234 min read
High Risk, Low Reward: A Challenge to the Astronomical Importance of Existential Risk Mitigation
Derek Parfit (1984) asks us to consider two scenarios. In the first, a war kills 99% of the world population. This event, Parfit urges,...
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Dec 8, 20226 min read
The Magic We Owe The Future
2022 has been a rollercoaster for ‘longtermism’. This is the idea that to do the most good, we need to help not only people who exist ...
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Oct 23, 20227 min read
Iran in transition – what is other nations’ “global” moral responsibility?
As protests continue to unfold in Iran, Hossein Dabbagh asks: what responsibilities do international citizens have towards Iranians?
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Oct 9, 20225 min read
The Queen is dead
The Elizabethan age is over. Like when Nietzche declared that ‘God is dead’, we Brits face an existential moment that is ours to define
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Sep 25, 20227 min read
Can a machine be conscious?
Blake Lemoine, a software engineer who has worked at Google for seven years, was assigned to a project testing LaMDA, one of the...
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Sep 21, 20225 min read
How the monarchy dominates us
Why do republican political philosophers think that monarchy makes us unfree, even if kings and queens never use their powers.
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Aug 7, 20227 min read
Freedom and Freaktopia: re-reading the past to re-imagine the future
Through his work on the Victorian freak show, and ideas from disability studies and philosophy, John Woolf explores the idea of 'freaktopia'
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Jul 17, 20226 min read
Overturning Roe v. Wade: The Court’s New Jurisprudence of Doubt
The precedent of Dobbs may do more than overturn a right to abortion. It may be precedent for fewer rights and more ambiguity in US law.
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Jul 10, 20228 min read
Should the Courts or the People determine rights? It’s complicated..
The US Supreme Court has overturned the right to abortion. This provokes a question: should unelected judges or the People determine rights?
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Jul 3, 20226 min read
Why we need to radically recognise the Homeless
The Homeless are defined by what they have not – a home. Unlike women, disabled people- defined by what they have. Why is this so important?
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Jun 26, 20224 min read
The Ethics of Strikes
A post on the ethics of strikes and industrial action. I argue that workers ought to have the right to strike, and ought to use it.
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Jun 19, 20225 min read
Russia’s frozen assets: what becomes of them now?
Russian assets have been frozen by western governments. What should be done with them? Should they be used to compensate Ukrainian victims?
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Jun 5, 20226 min read
On collective injustices: Why your vegetarianism doesn't matter
If many people were to stop eating meat, then animal welfare would significantly increase. But, most won't. Should you be vegetarian?
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May 29, 20227 min read
Culture wars: who’s to blame- the ‘snowflake’ or the ‘microaggressor’?
Too often, we hear that culture wars are just a distraction. But, ignoring them won’t make them go away. How can we approach them better?
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May 22, 20224 min read
‘Society’s to blame’: Banks, Structures and Climate Change
Who is to blame for our lack of divestment from fossil fuels? If banks reflect society, then is it us or them who is responsible?
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Aug 13, 20218 min read
Climate change and the existential issue it raises
Climate change raises important philosophical questions. This inquiry asks whether policies discouraging having children might be an answer.
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Apr 4, 20216 min read
Should government or health experts decide Covid19 policy? The case for depoliticization
Is UK gov 'guided by science', or by its own electoral incentives?This article asks if power to decide should be with experts or politicians
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