The following answers to this artful question each win a random book. Art is something we do, a verb. Art is an expression of our thoughts, emotions, intuitions, and desires, but it is even more ...

The Human Experience Empathy & Sympathy James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ? ‘Empathy’ and ...

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One popular idea about what is uniquely human, is that what sets humans apart from the other animals is our ability to think ...

Blessing or Curse? John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back. Hope is often celebrated as one of ...

Not as much as some people think, says Phil Badger. What is being referred to when we speak of ‘The Enlightenment’ is not always easy to pin down, but in broad terms, it can be considered as an ...

Non-Western Philosophy Karma & Human Freedom Utkarsh Chawla tells us why we’re in the moral Goldilocks zone. What makes a ...

Mark Daniels introduces a whole millenium of ideas. Let us start by considering three points. First, medieval philosophy came from a period when philosophy was under attack: the proponents of ...

Duane Cady tells us why pacifism isn’t sitting back and letting the masters of war have their way. Pacifism rarely gets taken seriously due to a widespread cultural bias: ‘everybody knows’ that ...

Ramsey McNabb introduces moral particularism. Usually, when someone is called a ‘person of principle’ it is meant as a compliment. For the most part, we take that phrase as applying to the ethical ...

Articles Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking. John Macmurray ...

Richard Garner says it’s about time we got rid of it. Free thinkers and skeptics throughout history have entertained the suspicion that morality is a mistake, a scam, a fiction that we make up; but ...