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    Reproductive Choices and Climate Change Part 1: can you reduce your emissions by having fewer children?

Reproductive Choices and Climate Change Part 1: can you reduce your emissions by having fewer children?

23 March 2018|

Our lifestyle choices determine our individual carbon footprints, including the decision whether or not to have children. But should parents should be held responsible for the emissions of future generations?

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    LSE Philosophy ranked among best in the world in multiple areas

LSE Philosophy ranked among best in the world in multiple areas

16 March 2018|

The 2017/18 Philosophical Gourmet Report has ranked LSE Philosophy among the top places in the world for graduate study in virtually all of the areas in which we specialise.

Immigration and the Natural Lottery

7 March 2018|

Whose interests should matter when deciding a nation’s border policy? Campbell Brown takes a moral look at border control.

After Obamacare

16 January 2018|

How should US policy-makers choose a replacement for the Affordable Care Act? Dan Hausman looks at the values and economic complications guiding health care reform.

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    The Philosophy Exchange: a new study and feedback space for undergraduates

The Philosophy Exchange: a new study and feedback space for undergraduates

6 December 2017|

Opening in January 2018, the Philosophy Exchange is an innovative new feedback and study space for our undergraduate students.

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    The Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 5: Cultural inclusive fitness?

The Philosophy of Social Evolution Part 5: Cultural inclusive fitness?

5 December 2017|

In the final post in this series, Jonathan Birch considers the development of large-scale human cooperation.

Bryan Roberts awarded Leverhulme prize

10 November 2017|

Dr Bryan W. Roberts has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research on the philosophy and physics of observation.

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    Out now: Decision Theory with a Human Face, by Richard Bradley

Out now: Decision Theory with a Human Face, by Richard Bradley

6 November 2017|

Professor Richard Bradley’s new book, Decision Theory with a Human Face, is available now from Cambridge University Press.

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    Out now: The Philosophy of Social Evolution, by Jonathan Birch

Out now: The Philosophy of Social Evolution, by Jonathan Birch

19 October 2017|

Dr Jonathan Birch’s new book, The Philosophy of Social Evolution, is out today.

Apply now for 2018/9

9 October 2017|

Applications for our world-leading MSc and MPhil/PhD programmes are now open. Programmes start September 2018.