Being Human

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Contributors

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News

Sandra G. Harding has died Prominent feminist and

Philosophy Shorts

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What Does it Mean to be Human?

Vikas Beniwal considers some philosophers’ core understandings.

Empathy & Sympathy

James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ?

GUILT

Michael Breslin considers the place of guilt in a healthy personality.

Philosophical Haiku

Pyotr Kropotkin (1842–1921)

Love Letter

Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love.

Hope: Blessing or Curse?

John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back.

The Philosophy of Pain

Vikky Leaney says pain is a problem even (or especially) when we can’t see it.

Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray

Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking.

The Importance of Nature for Thought

Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.

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Kant Have Cake and Eat It Too! Ethics Hotline

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One More

There is a moral dilemma in store for J.C. Michaels

Karma & Human Freedom

Utkarsh Chawla tells us why we’re in the moral Goldilocks zone.

Indigenous Australian Philosophy

Ross Naidoo looks at Indigenous thinking through a philosophical lens.

Australian Indigenous Philosophy

As the traditions of Australia’s Indigenous peoples developed

Paulo Freire (1921–1997)

Bruno de Oliveira follows a philosopher of liberation through education.

Letters

When inspiration strikes, don’t bottle it up. Email me at rick.lewis@philosophynow.org Keep them short and keep them coming!

The Goal of Life is Happiness

Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools.

A Lifelong Preoccupation

Raymond Tallis recalls a life trying to fathom the chasm between mind and brain.

Question of the Month

Is Morality Objective Or Subjective?

Books

Rick Lewis reviews Raymond Tallis’s latest book, Artur Szutta explores inner space with James Tartaglia , and Lucy Weir thinks about climate ethics with Robin Attfield.

Books

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Books

ROBIN ATTFIELD, AN Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at

God’s Silence on TV

Hugh Hamilton looks at how God is presented. Spoilers for the shows Lucifer , Preacher and Supernatural ahead.