Philosophy

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The road to same-sex marriage was paved by Rousseau

Robert R. Reilly | 15 April 2013 |

tags: Aristotle, philosophy, Rousseau, same-sex marriage

At the heart of the debate over same-sex marriage are fundamental questions about who men are and how we decide what makes us flourish.

What would the Greeks have thought of gay marriage?

Robert R. Reilly | 11 March 2013 |

tags: classics, philosophy, same-sex marriage

The great classical philosophers would have regarded it as an absurdity, despite their partial tolerance of homosexual love.

A more than nominal problem

Karl D. Stephan | 13 December 2012 |

tags: abortion, artificial intelligence, Holocaust, philosophy

By tempting us to define our own reality, nominalism can throw a whole culture out of whack.

What Is Marriage?

Shawn Murphy | 07 December 2012 |

tags: book reviews, marriage, philosophy

A defence of man-woman marriage combining the precision of scientists with the clarity of good journalists makes for essential reading.

“Above all…to thine own self be true”?

Anthony Esolen | 01 October 2012 |

tags: indoctrination, philosophy, subjectivism

Australia's Girl Guides have adopted the motto of a "wretched, rash intruding fool".

AIDS and medical ethics: a great betrayal

Matthew Hanley | 25 September 2012 |

tags: HIVAIDS, medical ethics, philosophy

The risk reduction ethic only aims to sanitise and thereby perpetuate hazardous behaviour.

What’s the matter with analytic philosophy?

Andrew Mullins | 04 September 2012 |

tags: Elizabeth Anscombe, philosophy, reason

Modern philosophy is in a mess. Is Elizabeth Anscombe the way forward?

Why does the same-sex marriage debate seem so futile?

Michael Cook | 23 August 2012 |

tags: philosophy, rhetoric, same-sex marriage

We won't make any progress unless we unpack some of the fundamental issues.

Green Philosophy

Francis Phillips | 19 July 2012 |

tags: book reviews, environment, philosophy

Roger Scruton suggests how to think seriously about planet Earth.

This is not an article

Zac Alstin | 16 July 2012 |

tags: art, internet, philosophy

The surrealist painter Henri Magritte anticipated our immersion in the unreal world of the internet.

The bald truth about p*rn

Zac Alstin | 29 June 2012 |

tags: philosophy, pornography

Any idiot will tell you that sex sells, but it takes a philosopher to suggest that sex might sophisticate.

Playing the man, not the ball

Zac Alstin | 26 April 2012 |

tags: philosophy, rhetoric, truth

Ad hominem arguments can be logical, but only after we have addressed the issue at hand.

“Open yourself to the ineffable”

Margaret Somerville | 19 March 2012 |

tags: philosophy, transcendence, values

A professor offers important advice to students starting out in life.

Back to basics: a Vince Lombardi moment for the economy

| 26 October 2011 |

tags: economics, family, philosophy

An essay on the four principles of all successful American economic policy - and the philosophical A-team behind them.

Falling in love with love

Zac Alstin | 03 September 2011 |

tags: divorce, love, philosophy

“We just drifted apart” is the most common reason for contemporary divorce. Is that a good enough reason?

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