Tis the season to attend Christmas parties with people you don’t really like, don’t know very well, and/or total strangers.…
The trolley problem. Pointless overthinking or…
A way of thinking about the most brutal moral problems of our time? Well, any time, really. Your basic trolley…
The aliens have landed and…
They’re worried about our welfare. My last philosophy class discussed animal rights, and pretty much agreed that the issue isn’t…
From Apartheid to Genocide: Israel in Gaza
Blood on all our handsWe cannot hope to wash them cleanHistory is mysteryDo you know what it means?Motorhead, “Brotherhood of…
Freedom or death?
I asked my philosophy class this question last week, and nobody could think of a single freedom they’d be willing…
Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder
Yesterday I was trying to convince my class of nascent philosophers that the phrase ‘beauty is in the eye of…
Send roses…
Israelis and Palestinians. Catholics and Protestants. Bosnians and Serbians. White Australians and black ones. Always the same problem, always the…
Chicken or egg?
Why do amoebas move away from stuff they don’t like? Well der. Because the amoebas that didn’t, are no longer…
Kooky philosophy 101…
I used to laugh at ghosts, God and people who buy healing crystals. I still despise religion and healing crystals…
Why I’m not convinced by The Voice – and I’ll vote YES
On 14 October Australians will be asked to vote on a referendum to change the Constitution to include an indigenous…
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