Love and Philosophy
I had the pleasure of being Andrea Hiott’s guest on her Love and Philosophy podcast talking about Global philosophy.
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Tag: Politics & society
Inside the mind of a Nimby
Nimbyism is too often reduced to its negative sides: metathesiophobia (fear of change) and xenophobia (fear of strangers). But these fears are arguably the flipsides of what the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton called “oikophilia”: the love of home.
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Questions of character
I used to play five-a-side football with Keir Starmer. Although this might sound like a pathetic attempt to show that[…]
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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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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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