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Can Data Save Us From Ourselves?
Epistemic Uncertainty and Data-Driven Policy Making Policy driven by data and science represents the gold standard amongst politicians of...
Nov 20, 2022


In defence of party democracy
Many complain about the power of party members to select leaders. I argue that, in fact, they should be more empowered.
Nov 13, 2022


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?
Oct 23, 2022


Abortion and the Natural Rights Tradition
In the recent Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Supreme Court decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, the majority...
Oct 16, 2022


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
Oct 9, 2022


What should universities do about now?
What is the purpose of universities? Do they exist to solve practical problems, or for some higher ideal?
Oct 1, 2022


Can a machine be conscious?
Photo by Alexander Sinn on Unsplash Blake Lemoine, a software engineer who has worked at Google for seven years, was assigned to a...
Sep 25, 2022


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.
Sep 21, 2022


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'
Aug 7, 2022
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