Articles Ethics Made Easy: ‘Feel Good, Do The Right Thing’ Roy Turner thinks about being good. Kwame Anthony Appiah opens his Experiments In Ethics with the engaging claim that “this little book is an ...

Terri Murray reviews a classic satire. In 1994, when Robert Zemekis’ cinematic sensation Forrest Gump topped the box office and waltzed away with six Oscar nominations, the critics were firmly in two ...

Philosophy & the Paranormal What is Materialism? Michael Philips on the shaky foundations of the most popular philosophical theory of modern times. Most academic philosophers these days will tell you, ...

Reading, Writing, Thinking The Twin Souls of Oscar Wilde and Friedrich Nietzsche Yahia Lababidi meditates on the aesthetics and ethics of two great contrarians. The externals of their lives could not ...

The Tractatus “The world is all that is the case” José Zalabardo investigates which problem Wittgenstein is trying to solve. For many contemporary interpreters of the Tractatus, its ultimate goal is ...

Articles Paternalism and the Law Barbara Hands considers whether it is ever right for the law to limit your freedom of choice and action, for your own good. Fred and Bob are a gay couple who have been ...

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 ...

Nietzsche Reloaded Nietzsche’s Dance With Zarathustra In 1885 Nietzsche finished writing Thus Spoke Zarathustra, in which he has the prophet proclaim many Nietzschean ideas in parables and epiphets.

Articles Absurdity, God and the sad chimps we are James DuBois wonders whether meaning can be found in the face of the apparent absurdity of life. After speaking with our obstetrician, I left my ...

Articles Dead Bored: Debord’s Dead! Andrew Hussey on the death of a turbulent thinker. All followers of pop culture will know that 1994 was a good year for death: not on a par with 1969-70 (Jim, Jim, ...

Articles Symbolism, Meaning & Nihilism in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction Mark Conard reveals the metaphysical truths lurking under the rug in Tarantino’s cult classic. Nihilism is a term which ...

Nietzsche A Philosophical Illumination or A Delusion? Psychiatrist Eva Cybulska provides a psychological interpretation of Nietzsche’s Eternal Return. “Even as ‘a philosopher’ I still did not express ...