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In Defense of Pornography

What kind of porn could be ok?

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Barry C. Smith,Christopher Hamilton,Raymond Tallis,Havi Carel,Zoe Williams

The Agony & the Ecstasy

Is pain a necessary part of human experience?

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Kwame Anthony Appiah

Against Meritocracy

Kwame Anthony Appiah | Merit is a mask of class

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Zoe Williams,Simon Baron-Cohen,Rebecca Roache,Peter Dews

The Problem of Evil

Does 'evil' exist?

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Julian Baggini,Peter Tatchell,David Miller,Natalie Cargill

Morality of the Tribe

Should and can we treat all people equally?

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Terry Eagleton,Susan Neiman,Janne Teller,Stephen de Wijze

The Lure of Lucifer

Why do we love Evil?

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Julian Baggini,Angie Hobbs,John Millbank,Christopher Hamilton

Our Sins and Our Selves

Should we embrace our inconsistency?

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Hilary Lawson,Paul Boghossian,Naomi Goulder,Michael Ruse

The Mystery of the Good

Is morality relative or absolute?

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Hilary Lawson,Phillip Blond,Myriam Francois

The Really Real

Is absolute right and wrong a fantasy?

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Hilary Lawson,Brendan O'Neill,Naomi Goulder,Sam Roddick,Sameer Rahim

The Good, The Bad, and the Controversial

Is morality simply prejudice?

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Finn Mackay,Myriam Francois,Leena Nair,Elif Safak

Rethinking Feminism

Is there a universal goal for women's rights?

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Hilary Lawson,Simone Schnall,Rae Langton,Joel Robbins

Being Human and Being Good

Is morality relative?

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Rebecca Goldstein

Why Philosophy Won't Go Away

Rebecca Goldstein | Plato in the Age of Google

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Beatrix Campbell,Helen Croydon,Melissa Benn,Sam Roddick

Women and Conquest

Is modern sexual culture liberating?

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Finn Mackay,Katie Derham,Carol Gilligan,Matthew Hancock

The World After Men

Should we pursue matriarchy?

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Isabel Hilton,Margaret Heffernan,Myriam Francois,Kimberlé Crenshaw

Sisters and the Sisterhood

Can elite women help all women?

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Julian Baggini,Rupert Sheldrake,Nicholas Humphrey,Shahidha Bari,Richard Harries

Is Religion Dangerous?

Faith - The Problem or The Solution

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Stephen Batchelor

After Buddhism

What could secular Buddhism bring the West?

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Shaun Ley,Darren Langdridge,Liz Kelly,Teresa Morgan

The Last Taboo

Paedophilia, innocence and morality

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Anders Sandberg,Eliane Glaser,Simon Baron-Cohen,Peter Dews

Doing Right and Feeling Good

Is morality about thinking or feeling?

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Stanley Fish,Philip Collins,Myriam Francois,Roger Bolton

Thinking Good and Doing Evil

Is belief in any morality dangerous?

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Witches, Sluts, Feminists

Kristen Sollee | A History of Witch Feminism

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On Evil

How do we explain our fascination with evil?

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Return to Radical Feminism

Finn Mackay | Has current feminism lost its way?

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Danielle Sands,Christopher Hamilton,John Millbank,Patricia MacCormack

Trouble with Heaven

Why does the dark and the dangerous attract us?

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Robert Rowland Smith,Shahidha Bari,Martha Fiennes,Chris Sherwood

The Story of Romance

Do we need a new narrative for love?

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A Politics of Hope

Where are the alternatives to injustice?

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Mary Midgley,Roger Bolton,Peter Singer

On Humans and Animals

Peter Singer and Mary Midgley on what's next for animal rights

Matthew Stone,Hilary Lawson,Raymond Tallis,Jake Chapman

Dancing with the Devil

Can and should art be moral? Our controversial panel confront the darkness.

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Phillip Blond,Ritula Shah,Natalie Bennett,Marcela Manubens

Equality and Difference

Should equality be applied to all aspects of life?

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Rupert Sheldrake

Rethinking Science and Spirituality

Rupert Sheldrake | They complement each other

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Griselda Pollock

After Feminism

The traumatic force of feminism | Griselda Pollock

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Rana Mitter,Finn Mackay,Angela Eagle,Patricia MacCormack

Beyond Men and Women

Should we fight prejudice or gender?

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Equal Is Unfair

Inequality is not the foe | Yaron Brook

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Catherine Hakim,Theodore Dalrymple,Zing Tsjeng,Niki Adams

Victims and Conquerors

Prostitutes or clients, who holds the power?

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Rowan Pelling,Serena Kutchinsky,Kirsty White

Forbidden Fantasies

Is sexual desire dangerous?

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Can Animals Be Moral?

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Myriam Francois,Anthony Gottlieb,Linda Woodhead,Julian Baggini

Reason and the Gods

What do secular and religious worldviews share?

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Christopher Hamilton,Doll Cat Pvssy,Amy Grier,Tim Dowling

The Self and the Selfie

Can focusing on oneself bring about happiness?

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Theodore Dalrymple,Philip Collins,Helena Cronin,Sophie Walker

Greater Than Equal

Is equality of opportunity a misguided goal that legitimises inequality?

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Rowan Pelling,Diane Abbott,Jamie Whyte,Julie Bindel,Serena Kutchinsky

Real Men

Is the real man a fantasy?

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Afua Hirsch,Scott Atran,Pavan Dhaliwal

New Gods

Do we need religion? And if so, why?

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The Fountain

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Vishvapani Blomfeld

Morality and Mindfulness

Vishvapani Blomfield | Can meditation fix ethics?

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Margaret Heffernan

How to See Things Clearly

Overcoming Wilful Blindness | Margaret Heffernan

The Death of God and the War On Terror

Secularism versus religious fundamentalism

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Janet Radcliffe-Richards

Ethics, Darwin and Dante

The assumptions behind moral beliefs

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Catherine Hakim,Paul Moss,Theodore Dalrymple,Hallie Rubenhold,Brooke Magnanti

Selling Ourselves

The body as a commodity

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Good and Evil Around the Globe

Is morality rooted in culture? | Joel Robbins

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Jonathan Derbyshire,Stephen Law,Madawi Al-Rasheed,John Milbank

Belief and the Gods

Is the divine a fantasy?