The Debate So Far: Analysing the Tension between Autonomy and Toleration in Contemporary Liberal Theory
‘There is a large and growing debate amongst liberals about whether autonomy or tolerance is the fundamental value within liberal…
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Does the no miracle argument provide a convincing argument against Kant's transcendental idealism?
The ‘no miracles’ argument has been called the “ultimate argument for realism” , and argues that it would be miraculous…
Is the only responsibility of business to increase profits?
If one were approaching the question from the viewpoint of neo-classical economics, one could answer with an almost trivial ‘yes’.
Is there a significant moral difference between active and passive euthanasia?
Euthanasia, the deliberate ending of a life for the benefit of the person, is often divided into ‘active’ and 'passive’…
In what ways was Hegel indebted to Kant, and in what ways did he reject his philosophy?
Georg Willhelm Friedrich Hegel was a member of the ‘German idealists’, and arguably the finest philosopher from an era dominated…
Goodbye Long Tail, Hello Culture Industry: Adorno's Mass Culture in the Internet Age
Theodor W. Adorno, one of the twentieth-century’s most influential philosophers, outlined a substantive critique of the ‘mass culture’ developing since…