Philosophy Takes on the News
Special episode on the 2022 US mid-term elections talking democracy, trust, compromise, Trump, information, media and all the rest. With Fiona Macpherson, Chris Carman and host Simon Kirchin.
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Tag: Politics & society
Are markets amoral?
It is the very amorality of markets that invites immorality. They encourage us to view interactions through the lens of pure cost and benefit, as though this were a value-free zone.
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Fauxthenticity
Our problem is not that we have too much individuality but we have the wrong kind, an ersatz version that leaves us closer to the dystopia of uniformity than we dare to believe.
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The return of the thriftifarian
Haves posing as have nots is a distasteful phenomenon that papers over how unequal British society really is.
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The case for the hereditary principle
Whether you buy the argument for the monarchy or not, it’s worth taking it seriously because it challenges a widespread assumption about what reason demands of us.
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