What makes a person’s life go well? Should we aim to give people what they happen to want, or try to shape their preferences to be more easily satisfied? Are we responsible even for actions that express implicit biases, or only for our conscious choices? Are reason and emotion essentially … Read More
Month: September 2015
The Parable of the Poor Robbers
Free Teaching Aid: A brief ‘fairy tale’ that gives students a quick and accessible introduction to the Murray Milner Jr’s new book Elites: A General Model
The Parable of the Poor Robbers
Once upon a time all of Aville was populated by robbers. Since people spent most of their time … Read More
What is a problem? What does it mean to think critically about a problem?
One of the strangest philosophical books ever written is a collection of unsolved problems written either by Aristotle or one of his followers. It is called, simply, “Problems.” In it, Aristotle (or “pseudo-Aristotle”) discusses a wide variety of head-scratchers, ranging from “Why don’t birds belch?” to “Why does the edge … Read More
Asking What We Want From The Porn We Need
Does pornography harm its viewers? Does it help improve healthy sexual development? What about the workers – are they harmed or helped by making porn? The answer is simple – as we demonstrate in our new book Pornography: Structures, Agency and Performance: it depends.
In the case of pornography … Read More
