Philosophy Tutor

Logic Excellent formal logic book available free, also inexpensive print-on-demand copies. logicmatters.net/ifl/

Moral & Political Philosophy Video discussion of the problem of "dirty hands": whether it is acceptable to do evil in order to do good? And what exactly is 'doing' evil? Does it differ from doing something morally wrong? #PhilosophyTutor iai.tv/video/evil-act…

Moral & Political Philosophy, & Philosophy of Life How small, individual actions, as part of a life well-lived, can have significant moral and political impact. bostonreview.net/philosophy-rel…

History of Philosophy & Aesthetics Free material released from OUP on John Dewey, especially his aesthetics, as their Philosophy of the Month. global.oup.com/academic/categ…

Philosophy of Religion New issue of Philosophy Now on the theme of religious belief. #PhilosophyTutor philosophynow.org

Environmental Ethics & Political Philosophy New entry in the excellent Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Climate Justice. plato.stanford.edu/entries/justic…

History of Philosophy Podcast discussion of the relationship between Frank Ramsey and Wittgenstein, from the excellent Philosophy Bites. #PhilosophyTutor philosophybites.com/2020/05/cheryl…

Medical Ethics & Philosophical Method Article on the role and interpretation of thought experiments, especially in medical ethics. From the excellent Aeon. #PhilosophyTutor aeon.co/essays/what-is…

General Philosophy The Royal Institute of Philosophy has made available 50+ papers from its journals Philosophy & Think. Many interesting and important papers. #PhilosophyTutor royalinstitutephilosophy.org/publications/f…

Philosophy of Life Discussion of the possibly deleterious effects of too great a focus on rationality. #PhilosophyTutor newyorker.com/magazine/2020/…

Political Philosophy & Environmental Ethics Podcast discussion of the political and moral consequences of driverless cars. #PhilosophyTutor abc.net.au/radionational/…

Moral Philosophy Article discussing the complex relation between cruelty and morality. aeon.co/essays/how-the…

History of Philosophy & Aesthetics Article discussing Leonardo da Vinci's philosophy. philosophynow.org/issues/137/Leo…

Philosophy Logic and Political Philosophy Video discussion on whether reason is overrated, from the excellent IAI. iai.tv/video/the-righ…

Philosophy of Religion & Mind Podcast discussing panpsychism: the theory that everything is conscious. Although is has a few adherents in analytical philosophy it has a distinguished history in ancient Indian philosophy. iai.tv/video/a-histor…

Aesthetics On modern art's divorce from aesthetic considerations and the deleterious effects of the art market. thecritic.co.uk/issues/may-202…

Metaphysics A discussion of personal identity in the context of social distancing: a defence of the idea that identity concerns embodiment. newstatesman.com/science-tech/s…

Free Bioethics course from Harvard starting again in two days on May 12th. "An introduction to the study of bioethics and the application of legal and ethical reasoning." edx.org/course/bioethi…

Philosophy of Life Article discussing whether a sense of meaning in life helps prepare us for death. aeon.co/ideas/sooner-o…

History of Philosophy Article re-appraising the philosophy of Machiavelli. prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/what-…