With the 2015 UN Climate Change Conference coming up, Eric Brandstedt asks what we should expect from the talks and considers the relationship between ethical and political perspectives on the climate change debate.
How (Not) to Make Everyone Better Off (Forum for Philosophy)
Policymakers often aim for so-called ‘Pareto improvements’—changes that make at least one person better off and no one worse off. This may sound innocuous, but is it always a sensible idea? Philosopher Anna Mahtani argues that there is more to the notion of a Pareto improvement than meets the […]
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In our latest video, Dr Alex Voorhoeve discusses utilitarianism, egalitarianism and the path to Universal Health Coverage.
We’re hosting this year’s British Undergraduate Philosophy Society Autumn Conference, to take place 21–22 November.
What can microbiology teach us about cultural evolution? Philosopher of Biology, Jonathan Birch, discusses “horizontal transmission”.
We’re pleased to confirm the appearence of several LSE Philosophers at the forthcoming Philosophy Now Festival.
The US presidential campaign is under way and to help voters see past the rhetoric, Stefan Schubert has used a tool developed by ClearerThinking.org to highlight fallacious reasoning and factual inaccuracies in the debates.
We’re pleased to announce that Jonathan Burton and Azita Chellappoo have been awarded the 2015 Lakatos Prize.
London under Attack: The Moral Complexities of WWII Bombings (Forum for Philosophy)
In June 1944, London was targeted by German terror bombing. The British War Cabinet faced an ethical dilemma: Should they attempt to use double agents to redirect the raids away from Central London and towards less populated areas? Or should they let events take their course? Ethicist […]
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