Issue 73: What Must I?
Is There An Objective Morality?
Morality is a form of social technology – it is context specific and can go out-of-date
What Are Conspiracy Theories?
Behind every conspiracy theory is a hidden political agenda
How Would David Hume Explain Our Political Divisions?
We are all governed by passions, and the opinions and feelings of those like us
Can Politicians Be Moral?
Political morality should allow for rare dirty hands practices
Issue 72: Being Human
Does Consciousness Come in Degrees?
The answer depends on what you think consciousness is
Hobbes vs Rousseau: Are We Inherently Evil or Good?
The answer depends on what you think of modern politics
Vices of the Mind
Intellectual arrogance not only deserves criticism, but is an epistemic vice that obstructs knowledge
Issue 71: Sex and Sexuality
Sex, Power and Influence: An Interview with Helen Lewis
Lewis discusses her new book, naked selfies and the feminism for all.
What Are Love and Sex? Eight Answers from Philosophy
From Michel Foucault to Martha Nussbaum, we've selected a range of ways of understanding sexuality and romance
Why Sexual Morality Doesn't Exist
To get back to enjoying sex, we need to rid ourselves of moralising definitions of what sex is and should be
On Being Naked and Having Sex
Nakedness the concept has vanished – it disappeared behind the American fear of nudity
Algorithms We Love By
Artificial Intelligence may offer a playful way out of our stale thinking on romance
Issue 70: The Boring Issue
The History and Politics of Boredom
Boredom isn’t a personal matter. It's the symptom of modernity
How We Think of Our Lives: Boredom in Contemporary Literature
‘Boring’ narratives challenge the way we understand experience and consciousness
The Art of Boredom
Rather than an individual experience, boredom can be a philosophical key to understanding modern life
When Boredom Becomes Stagnation: The Importance of Occupying the Mind
Philosophy can provide prisoners with the sense of growth essential to being human
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