GalleryImmigration and the Natural Lottery
Whose interests should matter when deciding a nation’s border policy? Campbell Brown takes a moral look at border control.
GalleryLSE ranked 8th in the world for philosophy
LSE has been ranked 8th in the world for philosophy in the 2018 QS World University Rankings by Subject.
GalleryThe Evolution of Altruism (Forum for Philosophy)
The Evolution of Altruism (Forum for Philosophy))
If evolution is a ‘struggle for existence’, why do we witness so much altruism in nature? From bacteria to baboons, the natural world is full of spectacular examples of organisms cooperating with one another. In the early 1960s, W. D. Hamilton changed the way we think about how such behaviour […]
GalleryAnna Alexandrova (Cambridge): “Defining Mental Health”
Anna Alexandrova (Cambridge): “Defining Mental Health”
Today mental health is a universally valued outcome. It is prioritised by governments, hospitals, schools, employers, charities. And yet mental health appears to be prized more as a label than as a concept, because remarkably for a state so uncontroversially prized, it has no accepted definition. In this talk based on joint […]
GalleryAlex Voorhoeve (LSE): “Pleasure, the Complete Life, and Death” (Inaugural Professorial Lecture)
Alex Voorhoeve (LSE): “Pleasure, the Complete Life, and Death”
The Greek philosopher Epicurus was an early proponent of hedonism – the view that the good life is the pleasurable life. He also argued that “death is nothing to us”. These two claims appear contradictory. For if pleasure is good, it seems to follow that a longer life that […]
Gallery11 April: Undergraduate Open Day
Thinking of applying for one of our BSc Degrees? Then come along to the LSE undergraduate open day on 11 April for your chance to experience the unique atmosphere of the School.
What Is It Really Like to Be a Bat? (Forum for Philosophy)
What Is It Really Like to Be a Bat? (Forum for Philosophy)
Are bats conscious, and how can we tell? What is it like to use sound to navigate? In a classic paper called “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?”, Thomas Nagel used the bat’s capacity for echolocation to introduce philosophical problems concerning conscious experience. […]
GalleryTeruji Thomas (Oxford): “The Veil of Ignorance Revisited”
Teruji Thomas (Oxford): “The Veil of Ignorance Revisited”
The rough idea of what I call “the veil of ignorance principle” is to identify the moral or “social” point of view with the point of view of a self-interested individual who is uncertain of his or her own identity. In conjunction with expected utility theory (EUT), such a principle […]
GalleryWorkshop on The Philosophy of Social Evolution
On Friday 23 February, this half-day workshop will consider issues raised in Jonathan Birch’s new book, The Philosophy of Social Evolution.
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