Russell Blackford on why we must defend the free speech of speakers we oppose.
Reflections
Articles and essays written over the years for the online version of The Philosophers’ Magazine. A few of the more substantive pieces also appeared in the print edition of the magazine.
Voluntary Euthanasia: Beware of the Godly!
Russell Blackford examines some of the arguments offered against assisted suicide.
On the Uselessness of (Much) Academic Philosophy
Much scholarship in philosophy is useless, but so what?
Héloïse: Love’s Philosopher
Kerrie Grain argues that the time for Héloïse to be recognised as love’s true philosopher is long overdue.
On the Ethics of Suicide
Jeremy Stangroom asks whether it is possible to construct a convincing moral case against a (particular) decision to commit suicide.
The Héloïse Complex
Kerrie Grain asks whether Héloïse d’Argenteuil can properly be said to have had an Héloïse complex.
Charlie Hebdo and PEN
Russell Blackford examines the controversy generated by PEN America’s decision to give Charlie Hebdo its free expression award.
Mary Wollstonecraft – The First Feminist?
TPM’s brief introduction to the ideas and work of Mary Wollstonecraft.
Is Time Real?
Massimo Pigliucci on the metaphysical implications of an approach to physics that suggests time and space are not entities, but rather ways to order events.
Karl Marx’s Radical Antisemitism
Michael Ezra argues that Karl Marx’s anti-Semitism is clear and unambiguous
