Tag: philosophy
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Hard work! What is it?
Warning – irony and a brush of humour may be present in this piece, as it is in many a piece of literature, ancient and modern đŸ™‚ Whilst hard work is certainly not a literary genre, we can certainly still look to literature and to history for examples of what it entails. Perhaps in today’s […]
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Wokeness, welfare and societal decline
Wokeness, welfare and societal decline – why the west needs to pull its socks up and forget about all that is ‘woke’.
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Crypto: the opposite of a Kantian investment
Are cryptocurrencies as they current stand and operate ethical investments? Do they have any intrinsic value and how ought we to consider them from a philosophical and moral point of view?
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What is parody and how can I appreciate it?
Parody is another style of writing invented by the Ancient Greeks. It is similar to satire, in the sense that it often involves irony. Ancient authors began parodying their predecessors by producing writing that was very similar in nature to their famous counterparts – such as Homer, the alleged inventor of the epic genre – […]
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Karl Marx wouldn’t fancy Xi Jinping
The essence of communism is that all property is shared and that all people are equal. The theory was founded by Karl Marx, a famous German political philosopher of the 19th century. Marx published The Communist Manifesto in the 1840s, introducing the political and social ideal to the modern world. If you are partial to […]
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Mandatory voting: a moral obligation
Did you know that only 5 First World nations have compulsory voting systems? Australia is one of these 5. Do have a read of this article, which I wrote recently for The Spectator Australia on the topic of mandatory voting and what it means for you if you are an Australian citizen. This is an […]
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