GalleryWhy is doping wrong anyway?
Most sports ban certain performance-enhancing drugs and penalise those who use them. But is the use of these drugs morally wrong? Heather Dyke looks at the ethics of doping.
GalleryNegotiating with Myself
Can the concept of “temporal selves” help us understand temptation and restraint? Johanna Thoma on self-negotiation.
GalleryDecision Theory with a Human Face: an interview with Richard Bradley
Richard Bradley’s written a new book about decision theory. We decided to ask him some questions about it.
GalleryTowards a fairer distribution of refugees
With the current refugee crisis showing no sign of abating, a fair and efficient method for distributing people to different countries is urgently needed. In this post, Philippe van Basshuysen looks at matching systems.
GalleryWhat is it like to write philosophy?
With essay deadlines looming for many of our students, Matt Parker relives some of the angst involved in writing philosophy. You’re not alone.
GalleryWhat makes humans special?
What separates human beings from their animal ancestors? Andrew Buskell examines the concept of “cumulative culture”.
GalleryLondon under Attack
Susanne Burri explores some of the moral complexities of the WWII bombings.
GalleryThe Placebo Effect and Evidence-Based Policy
What’s so bad about the placebo effect? John Worrall examines the recent Nurofen labelling “scandal”.
GalleryHomeopathy and Evidence-Based Policy
With the UK government considering a ban on the prescription of homeopathic remedies on the NHS, John Worrall examines the rationale for such a proposal and suggests that the decision is not as simple as it might initially seem.
GalleryWeak interactions and the curious little arrow of time
In this talk from ETH Zurich’s Workshop on Time in Physics, Bryan Roberts introduces weak interactions and argues that the laws of nature are directed in time.
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