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Obama, Race and Comedy
I recently heard a bit on the radio about comedy and Obama. The point was raised that white comedians are tending to [...]
Date filed: 19 November 2008 | 12:29 am
The Moral Crunch
I worried a little last summer about morality on mountaintops, about the demands of morality when one is under duress. [...]
Date filed: 18 November 2008 | 4:30 pm
Paradox #4: Blackmail
Today’s paradox is about blackmail. Actually, it’s only a puzzle, at least initially, and once it gets under your [...]
Date filed: 17 November 2008 | 3:41 pm
Mohawk in America
Now that Obama is President, people are talking a great deal about race-at least in terms of blacks and whites. There is [...]
Date filed: 16 November 2008 | 9:19 pm
Join the Conversation
it’s always good to have an author explain his ideas in his own words. Saul Smilansky is doing so in the [...]
Date filed: 15 November 2008 | 4:08 pm
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Anne Phillips on Political Representation
Should the representatives of democracy reflect the variety of those they represent?
Date filed: 19-11-2008
A C Grayling on Bombing Civilians in Wartime
Grayling explains why he believes the Allies' deliberate targeting of civilians during WWII was morally wrong.
Date filed: 19-11-2008
Christopher Shields on Personal Identity
The question of what, if anything, makes an individual the same person despite change over time is an idea that has interested philosophers since antiquity.
Date filed: 19-11-2008
Alexander Nehamas on Friendship
Nehamas maintains that understanding a friend can be like understanding a work of art.
Date filed: 19-11-2008
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