Essay/Art Moments of depth Stuart Franklin has photographed conflict, nature and people. He discusses what makes a memorable image Stuart Franklin & Nigel Warburton
Idea/Wellbeing Is philosophy therapy, or is it simply a search for truth? Nigel Warburton & Jules Evans
Essay/History of Ideas Talk with me Philosophy should be conversation, not dogma – face-to-face talk about our place in the cosmos and how we should live Nigel Warburton
Essay/Cosmopolitanism Cosmopolitans It’s not just me, you and everyone we know. Citizens of the world have moral obligations to a wider circle of humanity Nigel Warburton
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
Essay/Ethics Moral luck Two people drive drunk at night: one kills a pedestrian, one doesn't. Does the unlucky killer deserve more blame or not? Robert J Hartman
Essay/Biology Scents and sensibility Our sense of smell gives flavour to food, emotion to memories, and connects us to each other. But how exactly does it work? Katherine Whitcroft
Essay/Values & Beliefs Dissolving the ego You don’t need drugs or a church for an ecstatic experience that helps transcend the self and connect to something bigger Jules Evans
Essay/Bioethics Which lives matter most? Thinking about children who are not yet born confronts us with the question of our ethical obligations to future people Dominic Wilkinson & Keyur Doolabh
Essay/Art Has art ended again? Ever since Hegel, artists and critics alike have been claiming that art is finished. But what could that actually mean? Owen Hulatt
Essay/Sports & Games Rules of ascent For mountaineers, it’s not enough to get to the top – it must be done a certain way. But why is the harder way better? Paul Sagar
Essay/History The taboo of menstruation All around the world, and throughout history, women have been shamed, sequestered, and medicalised for bleeding regularly Janie Hampton
Classic /Meaning & the Good Life CLASSIC On the happy life Lucius Annaeus Seneca Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 64 CE With a new introduction and commentary by Massimo Pigliucci
Essay/Political Philosophy Join the party of love Love is not just a feeling given or received, it is an action too. It could be a radical force in politics Max Harris
Essay/History of Ideas What is good rhetoric? Plato said we ought to be suspicious of persuasive speakers and the appeal to emotions. But rhetoric can be a civic good Tushar Irani
Idea/Fairness & Equality Hierarchy is either strictly constrained or it is indefensible Philip Pettit
Essay/Political Philosophy The last hollow laugh Since Francis Fukuyama proclaimed ‘The End of History’ 25 years ago, he has been much maligned. His work now seems prophetic Paul Sagar
Essay/Stories & Literature The real Casanova His name is synonymous with serial seduction but Casanova's memoirs reveal a man greater than the sum of his ‘conquests’ Laurence Bergreen
Essay/History of Ideas Infinity and beyond Georg Cantor showed that some infinities are bigger than others. Did he assault mathematical wisdom or corroborate it? A W Moore