Essay/ Anthropology Envy’s hidden hand Namibian hunter-gatherers deride those who stand out. What does this tell us about why, and how, we care about fairness? James Suzman
Essay/ History of Ideas I and Thou When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human: Martin Buber M M Owen
Essay/ Ethics The outsider As a philosopher, I can’t conceal my class. But I prefer the counsel of my grandmother to platitudes about ‘impostor syndrome’ Amy Olberding
Idea/ Political Philosophy Why Amartya Sen remains the century’s great critic of capitalism Tim Rogan
Essay/ Stories & Literature The good guy/bad guy myth Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle between good and evil. Traditional folktales never were. What changed? Catherine Nichols
Essay/ War & Conflict The deterrence myth Nuclear deterrence continues to dominate international relations. Yet there is no proof it ever worked, nor that it ever will David P Barash
Idea/ Ethics Why banning autonomous killer robots wouldn’t solve anything Susanne Burri & Michael Robillard
Idea/ Social Psychology Our enemies are human: that’s why we want to kill them Tage Rai, Piercarlo Valdesolo & Jesse Graham
Essay/ Ethics The ethics of ET The discovery of independent life beyond Earth would have deep philosophical implications for us, and our ideas of morality Tim Mulgan
Essay/ History of Ideas Is goodness natural? Philippa Foot was one of a group of brilliant women philosophers who swam against the tide of 20th-century moral thought Nakul Krishna
Essay/ Ethics Kids? Just say no You don’t have to dislike children to see the harms done by having them. There is a moral case against procreation David Benatar
Idea/ Social Psychology ‘But you can’t do that!’ Why immoral actions seem impossible Jonathan Phillips
Essay/ Political Philosophy Is taxation theft? The assumption that you own the contents of your pay-packet, although almost universal, is demonstrably confused Philip Goff
Idea/ Ethics A ‘humanely’ killed animal is still killed – and that’s wrong Anna E Charlton & Gary L Francione
Essay/ Ethics The limits of tolerance A religious worldview cannot expect the same kinds of tolerance as racial, gender, or sexual identities. Here’s why Paul Russell
Essay/ Metaphysics Bun or bump? Does the mother contain the foetus or is it a part of her? On the metaphysics of pregnancy, and its ethical implications Suki Finn
Idea/ Beauty & Aesthetics The revolutionary figure of the beautiful, self-improved soul Justine Kolata