Vikky Leaney says pain is a problem even (or especially) when we can’t see it. Pain is one of the most paradoxical aspects of human experience: deeply personal, yet profoundly elusive; intangible, yet ...

Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love. “We are all human and should treat each other decently and with respect”, Ernest Gellner counselled: “Don’t take more specific classifications [eg ...

Vikas Beniwal considers some philosophers’ core understandings.

Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools. As we all know, the telos of life is eudaimonia. Or to use English, the goal of life is happiness. This immediately leads to two crucial ...