- Democracy Is Not A Truth Machine | It is claimed that through open free debate true ideas will conquer false ones by their merit. Democracy thus has an epistemic value as a kind of truth machine. But this is so obviously wrong as to be an embarrassment. http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2010/11/democracy-is-not-truth-machine.html 35 comments philosophy
- What Kind of Jobs Will the Robots Leave Us? https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2019/04/what-kind-of-jobs-will-robots-leave-us.html 95 comments technology
- Democracy Is Not A Truth Machine | It is claimed that through open free debate true ideas will conquer false ones by their merit. Democracy thus has an epistemic value as a kind of truth machine. But this is so obviously wrong as to be an embarrassment. http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2010/11/democracy-is-not-truth-machine.html 4 comments philosophy
- Abortion Bans as Conscription https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2022/06/abortion-bans-as-conscription.html 5 comments philosophy
- No, Poor Countries Shouldn't Try To Make Their Own Covid Vaccines https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2022/06/no-poor-countries-shouldnt-try-to-make.html 21 comments economics
- Just End Poverty Now: The Case for a Global Basic Income https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2022/05/just-end-poverty-now-case-for-global.html 180 comments philosophy
- The Moral Case for Guest Worker Programmes https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2021/07/guest-worker-programmes-are-best-and.html 7 comments philosophy
- Why Moral Philosophers Are Bad At Global Justice https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2021/03/why-are-moral-philosophers-so-bad-at.html 11 comments philosophy
- Libertarianism Is Bankrupt https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2021/03/libertarianism-is-bankrupt.html 33 comments philosophy
- Politics Would Be Less Crazy If Voting Were Compulsory https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2021/01/politics-would-be-less-crazy-if-voting.html 223 comments truereddit
- 'Diversity' Has No Intrinsic Value, and so we should not assume that a world with fewer languages or species would be worse https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2020/07/diversity-has-no-value.html 106 comments philosophy
- All Deaths Matter: Correcting for Status Quo Bias suggests the Covid-19 restrictions should be continued indefinitely https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2020/07/all-deaths-matter-case-for-extending.html 7 comments philosophy
- If The Louvre Was On Fire, We Should Rescue The Art First, Not The People https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2020/07/if-louvre-was-on-fire-should-we-rescue.html 51 comments philosophy
- Only Human Rights Are Worth Killing For (Just War Theory) https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2019/11/only-human-rights-are-worth-killing-for.html 23 comments philosophy
- Why we aren't happy even though we are so rich http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2014/08/if-youre-so-rich-why-arent-you-happier.html 48 comments philosophy
- Academics Should Not Be Activists https://www.philosophersbeard.org/2019/01/academics-should-not-be-activists.html 25 comments philosophy
- Almost No Disasters Are Natural http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2017/09/earthquakes-dont-kill-people-buildings.html 6 comments philosophy
- Why Peter Singer's 'Utilitarian' Argument for Vegetarianism Doesn't Add Up http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2014/07/does-utilitarian-argument-for.html 687 comments philosophy
- Children are special, but not particularly important http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2015/02/children-are-special-but-not.html 3 comments philosophy
- Democracy Is Not A Truth Machine | It is claimed that through open free debate true ideas will conquer false ones by their merit. Democracy thus has an epistemic value as a kind of truth machine. But this is so obviously wrong as to be an embarrassment. http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2010/11/democracy-is-not-truth-machine.html 844 comments philosophy
- The Political Philosophy of America's Guns http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2017/10/the-political-philosophy-of-americas.html 4 comments philosophy
- Reject the productivity argument for diversity: profit is not the route to social justice http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2018/01/why-we-should-reject-productivity.html 361 comments philosophy
- Welcome to Philosophy! Make the most of your time here http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2017/11/welcome-to-philosophy.html 39 comments philosophy
- A clean conscience can now be bought for a very reasonable price [Satire] http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2015/12/this-christmas-give-gift-of-blameless.html 47 comments philosophy
- The Case for Ethical Warning Labels on Animal Products http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2013/12/the-case-for-ethical-warning-labels-on.html 20 comments philosophy
- Children are special, but not particularly important http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2015/02/children-are-special-but-not.html 380 comments philosophy
- Economics for ethics [What moral philosophers can learn from economists] http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2011/09/economics-for-ethics.html 96 comments philosophy
- Democracy Is Not A Truth Machine -- It is claimed that through open free debate true ideas will conquer false ones by their merit. Democracy thus has an epistemic value as a kind of truth machine. But this is so obviously wrong as to be an embarrassment. http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2010/11/democracy-is-not-truth-machine.html 439 comments philosophy
- Dying To Reach Freedom: Will we be able to justify the international birthright lottery to our grandchildren? http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2015/04/will-we-be-able-to-justify.html 497 comments philosophy
- Is parenthood morally respectable? http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2014/11/is-parenthood-morally-respectable.html 27 comments philosophy
- Why I am not an atheist [Critique of New Atheism's metaphysics, epistemology and political philosophy] http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2014/04/why-i-am-not-atheist.html 66 comments philosophy
- Love's Labour's Lost: How Robots Will Revolutionise Human Intimacy http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2013/12/loves-labours-lost-how-robots-will.html 28 comments technology
- Holding tyrants personally accountable - Holding tyrants personally accountable - “Directly targeting the criminal in chief would seem much more justifiable than shooting up a bunch of conscripts or crippling an entire civilian economy." http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2013/08/holding-tyrants-personally-accountable.html 6 comments worldnews
- What to do about the rich ("We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both") http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2012/04/what-to-do-about-rich.html 24 comments philosophy
- Democracy is not a truth machine -- It is claimed that through open free debate true ideas will conquer false ones by their merit. Democracy thus has an epistemic value as a kind of truth machine. But this is so obviously wrong as to be an embarrassment. http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2010/11/democracy-is-not-truth-machine.html 203 comments philosophy
- Economics for ethics - what philosophers can take from economics http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2011/09/economics-for-ethics.html 4 comments philosophy
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- Morality vs Ethics: the problem with trolleys http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2010/10/morality-vs-ethics.html 37 comments philosophy
- Are Jane Austen's novels really about moral philosophy not romance? (link inside) http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2011/08/jane-austen-terrible-novelist-brilliant.html 7 comments philosophy
- Religion has been brought low by its old enemies, philosophy and politics. Religion persists and is even popular. But it is now in the mind, a matter of personal belief projected outwards. In short, religion is now secular. http://www.philosophersbeard.org/2011/10/religion-in-21st-century.html 22 comments philosophy