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Philosophy: Ethics and The Good Life

Philosophy studies at Lowther Hall

Suggested Ethics and the Good Life Reading: New Philosopher Magazine

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 21: Power.

 

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  • The great morality scam, Tim Dean (pp.44-47)

 

  • The ethics of political power, Russell Blackford (pp.69-70)

 

  • Uncontrollable feelings, Mariana Alessandri (pp.73-74)

 

  • Money talks, Andre Dao (pp.76-79)

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 18: Stuff.

 

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  • Forever shipping (pp.12-13)

 

  • The stuff gap, Antonia Case (pp.29-30)

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 24: Balance.

 

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  • A balanced life, Tom Chatfield (pp.55-56)

 

  • Golden mean of industriousness, Nigel Warburton, pp.127-128)

 

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 10: Fame.

 

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  • A person without a face, Jessa Gamble (pp.63-64)

 

  • The frenzy of fame, Interview by Zan Boag (pp.99-103)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 23: Being Human.

 

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  • Humans of the anthropocene, Roy Scranton, (pp.34-36)

  • Cultural warfare, Oliver Burkeman (pp.40-42)

  • All about us, Martha Nussbaum (pp. 46-47)

  • The evolution of moral outrage, Tim Dean (pp.72-75)

  • Doing away with death, Allison Arieff (pp.84-85)

  • The controlling force, Will Storr (pp.94-97)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 27: Family Matters.

 

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  • Grandstander in the family, Antonia Case, pp.25-27)

 

  • Distant relations, Andre Dao (pp.69-70)

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 29: Purpose.

 

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  • A bovine existence (p.14)

 

  • Does having a purpose make us happy? (pp. 22-25)

 

  • Tragic and ridiculous, Tom Chatfield(pp. 40-42)

 

  • The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus (pp. 72-77)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 13: Luck.

 

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  • Dumb Luck and Entitlement, Patrick Stokes (pp.29-30)

     

  • The Happiest Man in the World, Sophocles (p.35)

     

  • Morality: What’s luck got to do with it? Nigel Warburton (pp.85-86)

     

  • The Ethics of Gambling, Jonathan Wolff & Nigel Warburton (pp.97-100)

 

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 17: Communication.

 

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  • The suffering of others, Andre Dao (pp.77-78)

 

  • Virtue signalling, Damon Young (pp. 46-47)

Suggested articles to read in New Philosopher magazine, Issue 19: Life.

 

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  • The question for life’s purpose, Oliver Burkeman (pp.21-22)

 

  • How to live (like a Stoic), Massimo Pigliucci (pp.59-60)

 

The Good Place (TV series)

Thanks to some kind of error, Eleanor Shellstrop enters the afterlife and is sent to the Good Place - which is definitely not where she belongs. She's determined to shed her bad habits and discover the awesome person within.

Production Year: 2016

Duration: 21:57

Unit 2: Ethics and Moral Philosophy and Unit 4: The Good Life

Video: Machiavelli’s Advice For Nice Guys

Video: Ethics: Hedonism and The Experience Machine

Video: The Philosophy of Stoicism - Massimo Pigliucci

Quick links to other Philosophy topics

Resources available in the NCC

Useful Resources

Video: Peter Singer: Exploring Morality and Selfishness in Modern Times