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We have a tendency to assume we’re morally superior to others

Alex FraderaAlex Fradera, PsychologistOriginally published in The British Psychological SocietyOur tendency to see ourselves as better than average – already well-established in psychology in relation...

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Anthropocentrism

Sara E. BoslaughBy Sara E. BoslaughEncyclopedia BritannicaAnthropocentrism, philosophical viewpoint arguing that human beings are the central or most significant entities in the world. This is a basic...

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Anthropocentric View Ignores Crucial Connections

By David Suzuki (January 19, 2017)For decades, scientists have warned that we're on a dangerous path. It stems from our delusion that endless growth in population, consumption and the economy is...

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Greek Ethics, Overview

C. GillChristopher Gill is Professor of Ancient Thought at the University of Exeter, following earlier posts at Yale, Bristol, and Aberystwyth. His work is centred on psychology and ethics in Greek and...

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Hannah Arendt; Interview with Roger Errera

Hannah Arendt (1906-1975)Hannah ArendtInterview with the French writer Roger Errera, 1974TotalitarianismTotalitarianism begins in contempt for what you have. The second step is the notion: “Things must...

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In Praise of the Meaningless Life

Bob Sharpe (1935-2006), Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wales, LampeterPhilosophy Now 24:15-15 (1999)Forget about the meaning of life for a moment! Think about the normal use of...

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Passages from "Democracy in America"

Alexis Charles Henri Clérel, Viscount de Tocqueville (29 July 1805 – 16 April 1859)"Americans are taught from birth that they must overcome life's woes and impediments on their own. Social authority...

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The Greek Concept of Virtue

Sally HaslangerSally Haslanger is the Ford Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and holds the 2015 Spinoza Chair of...

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In Praise of Philosophy

SocratesBy: Maurice Merleau-PontyMaurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961)If we have recalled these words of Bergson, not all of which are in his books, it is because they make us feel that there is a tension...

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Big data, Google and the end of free will

Yuval Noah Harari, tenured professor at the Department of History of  The Hebrew University of JerusalemForget about listening to ourselves. In the age of data, algorithms have the answer, writes the...

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The Psychology of Climate Change Denial

 The Australian Psychological SocietyWhilst the vast majority of people claim to be concerned about the climate, it is also the case that large numbers of people also avoid, minimise, switch off, or...

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Practical Reason, Phronēsis

Practical ReasonProf. R. W. HepburnThe Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)Argument, intelligence, insight, directed to a practical and especially a moral outcome. Historically, a contrast has often...

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The Corporation

The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary film written by University of British Columbia law professor Joel Bakan, and directed by Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott. The documentary examines the...

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Undeniable climate change facts

CNN's Jennifer Gray give five reasons why 97% of scientists agree climate change is happening.CNN's John Sutter was in Shishmaref, Alaska, to explain how climate change has affected the world this year.

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Light pollution blots out Milky Way

Nicola DavisThe Guardian Weekly (print version), 17.06.2016Natural wonder of the galaxy shrouded from view across EU and USIt has inspired astronomers, artists, musicians and poets but the Milky Way...

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Aristotle's Account of the Subjection of Women

Dana Jalbert StaufferaaThe University of Texas at AustinPublished by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Southern Political Science Association The Journal of Politics, Vol. 70, No. 4,...

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What Is a Brand?

Slavoj Zizek  .  Originally published in PLAYBOY, January 2014, page 121 Marketing Redefines Our Lives in Strange New WaysHere is an old Polish anti-communist joke: "Socialism is the synthesis of the...

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Teleological Explanation

James Bogen The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)From the Greek word for goal, task, completion, or perfection. Teleological explanations attempt to account for things and features by appeal to...

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The new liberal imperialism

Robert Cooper Observer.co.uk, Sunday 7 April 2002Senior British diplomat Robert Cooper has helped to shape British Prime Minister Tony Blair's calls for a new internationalism and a new doctrine of...

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The Humanities in an Absolutist World

Roscoe Pound (1870-1964) Law School, Harvard UniversityThe Classical Journal, Vol. 39, No. 1 (Oct., 1943), pp. 1-14Man’s significant achievement is civilization, the continual raising of human powers...

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