Reparations for slavery are fair
A lot of societal inequality and injustice is inherited from those whose gains were to various degrees ill-earned. As a society we have barely begun to address this seriously.
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Tag: Ethics
The ethics of driverless cars
It is culture, not biology, that makes the average French person value all lives more equally and the Japanese make that value depend on how we behave. And these values can in turn be shaped by the philosophical and theological ideas that hold sway.
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Can sexist and racist philosophers still be admirable?
We seem to be caught in a dilemma. We can’t just dismiss the unacceptable prejudices of the past as unimportant. But if we think that holding morally objectionable views disqualifies anyone from being considered a great thinker or a political leader, then there’s hardly anyone from history left.
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Free thinking
“Julian Baggini, Tiffany Watt Smith and Christopher Harding join Rana Mitter to talk about philosophical traditions around the world, modern Japanese history and Schadenfreude.” Listen again to this episode of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking.
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The Wisdom of Ramen
In Japan, thought and action, philosophy and life, are more intimately connected than most other places. Philosophy is largely an attempt to articulate and develop insights into how to live and who we are that are embedded in practices more than they are rooted in theories. The documentaries Ramen Heads and Jiro Dreams of Sushi show what much of this philosophy means more eloquently than can be straightforwardly said.
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