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In "Can AI Teach Our Grandmothers To Suck Eggs?" (issue 170) Louis Tempany wonders whether human life will become so diminished that we will require machines to do everything for us, and what that might mean for our humanity. Read award-winning essay: philosophynow.org/issues/170/C...
November 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
In "Can AI Teach Our Grandmothers To Suck Eggs?" (issue 170) Louis Tempany wonders whether human life will become so diminished that we will require machines to do everything for us, and what that might mean for our humanity. Read award-winning essay: philosophynow.org/issues/170/C...
Philosophical fiction: In "The Primates" Samantha Neave visits a future where almost all animals have rights: philosophynow.org/issues/170/T...
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Philosophical fiction: In "The Primates" Samantha Neave visits a future where almost all animals have rights: philosophynow.org/issues/170/T...
Happy World Philosophy Day! For this special occasions, we are inviting you to revisit Aristotle's idea of life of (philosophical) contemplation as the ultimate happiness. Do you agree? Read for further context: philosophynow.org/issues/151/A...
November 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Happy World Philosophy Day! For this special occasions, we are inviting you to revisit Aristotle's idea of life of (philosophical) contemplation as the ultimate happiness. Do you agree? Read for further context: philosophynow.org/issues/151/A...
In Philosophy Now's most recent issue 170, Raymond Tallis revisits Anselm's famous Ontological Argument for the existence of God, and contends that a definition of God cannot necessitate God’s existence: philosophynow.org/issues/170/R...
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
In Philosophy Now's most recent issue 170, Raymond Tallis revisits Anselm's famous Ontological Argument for the existence of God, and contends that a definition of God cannot necessitate God’s existence: philosophynow.org/issues/170/R...
Read “The Mediation of Touch”, a conversation with Luce Irigaray, a philosopher, psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including "The Mediation of Touch" (2024), in issue 170: philosophynow.org/issues/170/T...
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Read “The Mediation of Touch”, a conversation with Luce Irigaray, a philosopher, psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including "The Mediation of Touch" (2024), in issue 170: philosophynow.org/issues/170/T...
In "What My Sister Taught Me About Humanity", Lee Clarke powerfully argues that we need a more inclusive view of moral personhood. Picture: the author's sister Laura. Read Clarke's personal story and her proposed criteria for common humanity: philosophynow.org/issues/170/W...
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
In "What My Sister Taught Me About Humanity", Lee Clarke powerfully argues that we need a more inclusive view of moral personhood. Picture: the author's sister Laura. Read Clarke's personal story and her proposed criteria for common humanity: philosophynow.org/issues/170/W...
“The observer isn’t just watching reality — but helping shape it.” Do you agree? #QuantumPhysics meets #IndianPhilosophy in a dialogue about consciousness, causality & the illusion of separateness. Art by Paul Gregory. Read in issue 170: philosophynow.org/issues/170/Q...
November 6, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“The observer isn’t just watching reality — but helping shape it.” Do you agree? #QuantumPhysics meets #IndianPhilosophy in a dialogue about consciousness, causality & the illusion of separateness. Art by Paul Gregory. Read in issue 170: philosophynow.org/issues/170/Q...
Marx, Nietzsche and Sartre walk into a cafe and order hot chocolate. Can you come up with a punch line? For inspiration, take a sip of "Philosophers on Chocolate" by Matt Qvortrup: philosophynow.org/issues/170/P...
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Marx, Nietzsche and Sartre walk into a cafe and order hot chocolate. Can you come up with a punch line? For inspiration, take a sip of "Philosophers on Chocolate" by Matt Qvortrup: philosophynow.org/issues/170/P...
Halloween special: Daniel Toré asks whether it’s morally wrong to enjoy horror (archives, issue 156). Do you like watching horror? And what do you make of it?
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October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Halloween special: Daniel Toré asks whether it’s morally wrong to enjoy horror (archives, issue 156). Do you like watching horror? And what do you make of it?
philosophynow.org/issues/156/T...
philosophynow.org/issues/156/T...
Read "Alchemy, Mining, Speculation & Experimentation" by Okan Nurettin Okur in issue 170 if you’re curious about how ancient speculation, experiment and metaphysics still shape our thinking about nature. Art: Chemistry by Paul Gregory philosophynow.org/issues/170/A...
October 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Read "Alchemy, Mining, Speculation & Experimentation" by Okan Nurettin Okur in issue 170 if you’re curious about how ancient speculation, experiment and metaphysics still shape our thinking about nature. Art: Chemistry by Paul Gregory philosophynow.org/issues/170/A...
Is moral flexibility a virtue in the workplace, what do you think? Art by Steve Delmonte 2025
October 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Is moral flexibility a virtue in the workplace, what do you think? Art by Steve Delmonte 2025
In Hit Man, Jason and Lauren Friend discuss the idea of reprogramming oneself as raised by Richard Linklater's film. Can we truly reinvent ourselves, or are we bound by who we’ve been? philosophynow.org/issues/170/H...
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
In Hit Man, Jason and Lauren Friend discuss the idea of reprogramming oneself as raised by Richard Linklater's film. Can we truly reinvent ourselves, or are we bound by who we’ve been? philosophynow.org/issues/170/H...
Spotted in the wild: Philosophy Now Issue 170 on the newsstand in Waitrose supermarket, Biggin Hill.
October 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Spotted in the wild: Philosophy Now Issue 170 on the newsstand in Waitrose supermarket, Biggin Hill.
In "Living According To Nature", Massimo Pigliucci talks about how the Stoics and the Epicureans interpreted this idea, and how to reconcile our eudaimonic (character-cultivating) and hedonic (pleasure-seeking) objectives. Art: Woman in Nature by Paul Gregory philosophynow.org/issues/170/L...
October 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
In "Living According To Nature", Massimo Pigliucci talks about how the Stoics and the Epicureans interpreted this idea, and how to reconcile our eudaimonic (character-cultivating) and hedonic (pleasure-seeking) objectives. Art: Woman in Nature by Paul Gregory philosophynow.org/issues/170/L...
In "Collective Action & Climate Change" Nevin Chellappah presents the argument that there is no moral reason to reduce our emissions formally, and proceeds to refute its foundational premises. Art © Chris Gill 2025 philosophynow.org/issues/170/C...
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
In "Collective Action & Climate Change" Nevin Chellappah presents the argument that there is no moral reason to reduce our emissions formally, and proceeds to refute its foundational premises. Art © Chris Gill 2025 philosophynow.org/issues/170/C...
Can anyone come up with an alternative caption?
Cartoon by © Harley Schwadron 2025 in the new issue of Philosophy Now
Cartoon by © Harley Schwadron 2025 in the new issue of Philosophy Now
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Can anyone come up with an alternative caption?
Cartoon by © Harley Schwadron 2025 in the new issue of Philosophy Now
Cartoon by © Harley Schwadron 2025 in the new issue of Philosophy Now
In "Forced Vaccination" Naina Krishnamurthy argues (employing social contract theory, utilitarianism and ethics of care) that during times of crisis, it is not merely justifiable but morally necessary. Do you agree? Art: Stephen Lahey philosophynow.org/issues/170/F...
October 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In "Forced Vaccination" Naina Krishnamurthy argues (employing social contract theory, utilitarianism and ethics of care) that during times of crisis, it is not merely justifiable but morally necessary. Do you agree? Art: Stephen Lahey philosophynow.org/issues/170/F...
In "Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search", Norman Schultz proposes three criteria for an immoral job: it harms people, it requires intentional deception and it plays a key role in a morally troubling industry. Do you agree? Art by Melanie Wu philosophynow.org/issues/170/M...
October 14, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In "Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search", Norman Schultz proposes three criteria for an immoral job: it harms people, it requires intentional deception and it plays a key role in a morally troubling industry. Do you agree? Art by Melanie Wu philosophynow.org/issues/170/M...
In the lead article of the new issue, "#DeExtinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?", John Kennedy Philip revives the #EthicalDebate around #resurrecting species. Art by Cameron Gray. philosophynow.org/issues/170/D...
October 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In the lead article of the new issue, "#DeExtinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?", John Kennedy Philip revives the #EthicalDebate around #resurrecting species. Art by Cameron Gray. philosophynow.org/issues/170/D...
JUST OUT: Issue 170's theme is Moral Issues, grappling with problems around #DeExtinction, #VaccineMandates, #DisabledRights, #ClimateCrisis and the #ethics of job searches. Also a dialogue with Luce #Irigaray on the mediation of touch. philosophynow.org/issues/170
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
JUST OUT: Issue 170's theme is Moral Issues, grappling with problems around #DeExtinction, #VaccineMandates, #DisabledRights, #ClimateCrisis and the #ethics of job searches. Also a dialogue with Luce #Irigaray on the mediation of touch. philosophynow.org/issues/170
In "A Crisis of Attention", Paul Doolan spells out the challenges of the "age of distraction" and guides the reader through the relevant philosophical perspectives and remedies (Weil, Nietzsche, Pascal, Lawrence, Thoreau etc). Art by Susan Auletta philosophynow.org/issues/169/A...
October 9, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In "A Crisis of Attention", Paul Doolan spells out the challenges of the "age of distraction" and guides the reader through the relevant philosophical perspectives and remedies (Weil, Nietzsche, Pascal, Lawrence, Thoreau etc). Art by Susan Auletta philosophynow.org/issues/169/A...
The Ultimate Guide's Editor, Alex Marsh, holding a copy in W.H.Smiths in Lewes.
October 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The Ultimate Guide's Editor, Alex Marsh, holding a copy in W.H.Smiths in Lewes.
Meet up fortnightly on Zoom with Dr Anja Steinbauer and other philosophers at midnight (UK time) for a candlelit hour of thinking about life, the universe and everything. The topic for tonight's session is "Zeno's Paradoxes". Come in from 23:45. Sign up at: www.meetup.com/london-philo...
October 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Meet up fortnightly on Zoom with Dr Anja Steinbauer and other philosophers at midnight (UK time) for a candlelit hour of thinking about life, the universe and everything. The topic for tonight's session is "Zeno's Paradoxes". Come in from 23:45. Sign up at: www.meetup.com/london-philo...
JUST OUT: The Ultimate Guide to Ancient Greek Philosophy considers many of the profound new ideas central to the birth of Western philosophy 2500 years ago. It has 5 chapters: Pre-Socratics; Plato & Socrates; Aristotle; Epicurus & Hedonism; and Stoicism, Scepticism & Cynicism. philosophynow.org/shop
September 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
JUST OUT: The Ultimate Guide to Ancient Greek Philosophy considers many of the profound new ideas central to the birth of Western philosophy 2500 years ago. It has 5 chapters: Pre-Socratics; Plato & Socrates; Aristotle; Epicurus & Hedonism; and Stoicism, Scepticism & Cynicism. philosophynow.org/shop
September 13 marked the Birthday of Mary Midgley, one of Britain’s most influential contemporary moral philosophers. Explore articles by and about Midgley in Philosophy Now archives. Find out what Midgley had to say in her last book "What is Philosophy For?" Photo by Martin Midgley 2011
September 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
September 13 marked the Birthday of Mary Midgley, one of Britain’s most influential contemporary moral philosophers. Explore articles by and about Midgley in Philosophy Now archives. Find out what Midgley had to say in her last book "What is Philosophy For?" Photo by Martin Midgley 2011