What does ‘local’ actually mean?
Being able to shop near your home can be good for the environment, the economy and a sense of community — all while boosting house prices. But how truly local are these businesses?
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Author: Julian Baggini
The life you could (not) have lived
Making sense of regret and more in the latest microphilosophy newsletter.
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Anxiety: A Philosophical Guide (Review)
Mr Chopra interprets everything though the lens of anxiety and as a result either magnifies its true significance or sees it where it is not. To invert and adapt an old proverb, to an anxious nail, everything looks like a hammer. (Review for the Wall Street Journal)
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Review: The Price of Life
Attaching a price to a human life is the height of poor taste. It obscures the distinction between two very different kinds of value – the monetary and the existential. However, there are situations in which one can, should or even must set aside any thought of the sanctity of human life and make cold, hard calculations.
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The other one percent
The latest and long overdue micro philosophy newsletter considers what gives some people the edge.
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