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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