[Revised entry by Sonam Thakchoe on May 28, 2022. Changes to: Main text, Bibliography] Tibetan philosophers argue that the two truths theory is not...

“All rules for study are summed up in this one: learn only in order to create.” – Friedrich Schelling, On University Studies Originally appeared...

“The philosophical concept was derived from the ordinary one through all sorts of misunderstandings, and it strengthens these misunderstandings. It is in no way...

A professor’s conundrum: Are students’ minds vessels for political transmission, or secret gardens sheltered from politics?  Originally appeared on Arts & Letters Daily Read...

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Joseph Raz, who placed moral reasoning at the heart of legal philosophy, died this month. He was 83  Originally appeared on Arts & Letters...

“Prosperous and successful crime goes by the name of virtue; good men obey the bad, might is right, and fear oppresses law.” – Seneca,...

Leonardo Fiorespino currently teaches ethics at the University of New York in Prague (UNYP). His research focuses on contemporary democratic theory, populism, and normativity...

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Description: Whataboutism is an umbrella term for a collection of rhetorical tools and fallacies used to respond to a criticism with a counter accusation...

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Good and evil are still the moral categories through which we judge people’s actions. But these seemingly universal and inescapable moral concepts are anything...