Why Philosophy is not taught in America’s public schools… And why it should be!
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Dr. Stephen Davies
- Apr 11, 2021
- 5 min
A Second Fire Bell in the Night?
As the days pass and the minuscule attention span of the contemporary media moves on to the latest sensation, it is easy to forget...
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Anna Lancaster Hedman, C.Hyp.
- Apr 11, 2021
- 4 min
Your Superpower: A Motivated Mindset
When wellness guru, Jay Shetty, interviewed Big Sean, for his podcast, I was struck by a comment the rap artist made.
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Richard Arens
- Apr 11, 2021
- 2 min
Why Eton Isn’t a Problem
Hear the label Etonian and you picture a rich, entitled egoist who cannot be trusted.
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Keegan Lee-Ng
- Mar 17, 2021
- 3 min
‘Cancel Culture’ and the Deterioration of Individual Thought
Cancel Culture has now solidified as a term to describe the social trend of admonishing, expressing outrage and publicly shaming people ...
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Matthew Raikes
- Mar 17, 2021
- 4 min
Classical Liberalism’s Golden Ticket
Distributed ledger technology (DLT) is gaining momentum. DLT is a peer-to-peer digital database that is shared across multiple devices ...
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Chris Lloyd
- Mar 6, 2021
- 6 min
The Problem with Facebook. And How to Fix It.
The Fairness Doctrine was a 1949 policy that required holders of broadcast licenses (so TV and radio) to air contrasting views on controv...
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Dr. Stephen Davies
- Mar 2, 2021
- 7 min
Can You Predict a Financial Crisis?
Dr. Stephen Davies is, among other things, Distinguished Fellow in History at the John Locke Institute. He is the author of The Wealth...
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Alex Harrold
- Feb 28, 2021
- 4 min
I Am Greta
It is unsurprising that I’ve been getting a little restless during these lockdowns. I understand why lockdowns are vital; my mum is going...
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Martin Cox
- Feb 27, 2021
- 3 min
I Think You're Wrong. Tell Me More.
Facebook decided to ban one of our ads this week. They didn't tell us why. The offending ad was an invitation to visit our new blog to re...
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Bryan Caplan
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
Loyalty Oaths Compared: An Orwellian Exercise
A key tenet of American’s civic religion is that the McCarthy-era persecution of Communists and Communist sympathizers was both paranoid ...
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Robin Koerner
- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
How to Get Lucky
I am sure that the point I shall briefly share in this blog post has been made many times and shared by many people before me. But I’d ne...
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Daniel Hannan
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Virus Has Killed the Liberal Order
Things won’t get back to normal. The political and psychological impact of Covid-19 will last for decades. The world into which we emerge...
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Louisa Hadari
- Feb 23, 2021
- 5 min
Politicised Arithmetic
Recently I was looking over a GCSE maths exam with my brother and working through one of the word problems with him. Two sisters, Grace
...
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Martin Cox
- Feb 23, 2021
- 4 min
Listening to the Other Side
The general trend of history leans towards globalism. Over time differences in our identities and interests come to matter less and our ...
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Dr. Stephen Davies
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
Imagine There's No Countries
As international travel has become more common in the last fifty years more and more of us have had the experience of standing in line at...
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Ethan Christian Tan
- Feb 19, 2021
- 8 min
Is Philosophy Like Science?
Science and philosophy share the fundamental goal of knowledge production. The former explains and predicts the material universe, and...
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Robin Koerner
- Feb 18, 2021
- 5 min
The Common Objects of Our Love: Biden’s Inauguration Speech
I am not a Democrat. I am not a Republican. I am, however, an American – a status I spent 12 years of my life and tens of thousands of do...
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Nayah Victoria Thu
- Feb 17, 2021
- 8 min
Should We Care About Social Cohesion?
In a world where our common future looks increasingly uncertain, humanity needs a measure of collective potential: social cohesion. Using...
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Michael Inwood
- Feb 16, 2021
- 15 min
In Praise of Scepticism
In ordinary conversation, a philosophical approach to life is often regarded as having a calm and resigned attitude to it, especially to ...
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