Philosophical Disquisitions

Slaves in Ancient Egypt Work is a dominant feature of contemporary life. Most of us spend most of our time working. Or if not actual...

What does it mean to be free? Liberty is the most important concept in modern political theory. That’s an overstatement, of course....

Consider your smartphone for a moment. It provides you with access to a cornucopia of information. Some of it is general, stored on pu...

Bernard Williams - argued that immortality would be tedious Back in 1973, Bernard Williams published an article about the desirability ...

I’ve met Erik Parens twice; he seems like a thoroughly nice fellow. I say this because I’ve just been reading his latest book Shaping O...