Deciding To Die: The Case of Karen Quinlan
An excerpt from The Woman Who Decided to Die: Challenges and Choices at the Edges of Medicine.
Meet the Author: Nigel Warburton
Nigel Warburton talks about his book Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction.
Swine Flu: Victims and Vectors
Leslie Francis looks at H1N1.
Free Speech: Liberty not Licence
An excerpt from Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction by Nigel Warburton.
Love Hurts
A look at a common assumption in wife killing; that it is rooted in masculine possessiveness.
The Puzzling Case of the Broken Arm
An excerpt from Patient, Heal Thyself.
Throwing Insults
Jerome Neu looks at the meaning of the shoes thrown at the Baghdad press conference earlier this week.
A Video Introduction to Experimental Philosophy
A video to help us understand experimental philosophy.
Friday Philosophy: Desire
Some desires are formed from rational thought processes. Suppose I want lunch. I conclude that the best way to get it, given that my refrigerator is empty, is to drive to a restaurant. As a result, I form a desire to drive to the restaurant in question. This process is perfectly, admirably rational.
Robotic Sheepdogs: A Thought Experiment
An excerpt from David McFarland’s book Guilty Robots, Happy Dogs.
Experimental Philosophy:
In this Universe is it possible for a person to be fully morally responsible for their actions?
Easeful Death: On Assisted Dying and Euthanasia
Baroness Mary Warnock and Elisabeth Macdonald respond to a recent UK poll that came out in favour of assisted dying and euthanasia.
Early Ideas on No-thing:
An Excerpt From The Void
A look into the Void.
The Little Philosophy Handbook: Consciousness
For many, the beginning of philosophical curiosity might be summarized in the French exclamation Voilà! – a sudden sense of wonder at just being alive and being here. What this means, however, is not easy to spell out. What is, is you, your being here in the world – and your own self-consciousness.
Privacy in Peril?
If you increasingly feel that information about your life is taking on a life of its own; collected, monitored, and transmitted by interests outside your control—you’re probably not paranoid. A recent story tells of a school in England, that’s experimenting with electronic tracking of its pupils.
Stoic Warriors: A New Breed of Warrior Athlete
An excerpt from Stoic Warriors.