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Zoe Walker
PhD student in the faculty of philosophy, University of Cambridge, and College Lecturer at Magdalene College, working on the nature of joking, comedy and sense of humour.
PhD student in the faculty of philosophy, University of Cambridge, and College Lecturer at Magdalene College, working on the nature of joking, comedy and humour
PhD student in the faculty of philosophy, University of Cambridge, and College Lecturer at Magdalene College, working on the nature of joking, comedy and humour
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The morality of animals

The two ideas that divide us

Nature loves a hypocrite

Who is to blame for migrant deaths?

In defence of pessimism

Christmas traditions don't need religion

The Epicurean's guide to Christmas

How four women revolutionised ethics

Are mandatory vaccines justified?

Groundhog Day vs Nietzsche: Reliving Your Life

The Return of Meaning

The power of anxiety

Change Thyself: your personality is a moral issue

The rules of war are absurd, but necesssary

What Hobbes really thought about war

Why getting what you want won't make you happy

Moderating Twitter's Moderators

Truth is questionable, and so is honesty

Nietzsche: your conscience is no saint

5 philosophers on how to face death

Happiness as an act of resistance

The present is all there is to happiness

Paul Bloom: The Pleasure of Suffering

Pandemic prediction from Lucretius

Mapping morality: Peter Singer vs his critics

The danger of ethics without empathy

Schopenhauer and the insatiable will to live

How effective altruism lost the plot

Pursuing happiness is a mistake

Nietzsche and the perils of denying your self