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What’s Natural?
Natural, Shmatural
What is ‘Natural’ Food
Human Intervention in Nature
Against Nature by Karl Marx
Out of the Wild
The Privilege of Romanticising Nature
When genocide is good
Why we can’t leave nature alone
Coronavirus—Is nature sending us a message?
Is Mother Nature Really Maternal?
Mother Nature
Forget Mother Nature
Ecology against Mother Nature
Mother Nature is not Maternal
Mother Nature is not our friend
Redefining the Mother Nature Myth
Should We Retire 'Mother Earth'
Is Nature in Balance or in Flux?
The balance of Nature is an enduring concept and it’s wrong
The Balance of nature myth
The balance of nature--evolution of a panchreston
The Mythical Balance of Nature
The Balance of Nature
Meat Eating & Vegetarianism
Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet
Consistent Vegetarianism
Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet
The abuse of animals won’t stop until we stop eating meat
The Meat Eaters
On Eating a Friend
The Meat Paradox
The Virtues of the Table
Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
The Romantic View of Nature
Debunking the idyllic view of natural processes
Nature is not evil, simply amoral
Ecocentrism and Appeals to Nature’s Goodness
A disaster without precedent
On Nature by John Stuart Mill (1874)
Why is Biodiversity Important?
The Biological Diversity Crisis by EO Wilso
What is biodiversity and why does it matter to us
One Life peddles one big lie
Wild Animal Suffering in Nature
Wild Animal Suffering in Nature
The importance of wild animal suffering
Should we try to relieve suffering in nature?
Bambi or Bessie?
The Happy Animal--Bambi or Bessie?
Baboons are nasty
Does Nature have Rights?
Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth
Humans have rights and so should Nature
Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics
On Art
Some Notes on Art and Values
The Ben John Case
Art as a means to moral improvement
Can Good Art Make one a Better Person?
Does Art Make You a Better Person?
Does reading fiction make us better people
Art Makes Us Better Human Beings
How Your Appreciation of the Arts Makes You a Better Person
Study asks: do the arts make us better people
Does reading a single passage of literary fiction really improve theory of
The Importance of Books
Art doesn't make us better humans
Against Art in Politics, and Politics in Art
Do the humanities humanize by George Steiner
To Civilise Our Gentlemen by George Steiner
The Case Against Literature As Moral Education
The Lady Chatterley Trial 1960
Good Art, Bad People
What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men
Song: Tomorrow Belongs to Me from Cabaret
Men have an empathy problem
Theory of mind
A Policy
On Gender
Trans people in the UK
Why are trans rights so divisive
An LBTQ+ Glossary
The Truth about Trans
Tips for Allies of Transgender People
Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics
Dancing plagues and mass hysteria
Recovered and false memories
Even thinking about trans people is wrong by Hugo Rifkind
Transgender Ideology is Riddled with Contradictions
Why Is Transgender Identity on the Rise Among Teens?
Ethics Problems
On Happiness
On Humour
Philosophy of Humour
Five Leading Theories for Why We Laugh
On Christmas
Christmas Traditions
Christmas Legends & Urban Myths
Bah Humbug Virginia
Aunt Gertrudes Hideous Tie
Attending the Carol Service
CS Lewis on Christmas
Generosity at Christmas
Nativity scene
Kitsch & Sentimentality at Christmas
Proof That Santa Could Exist
Santa Claus Coke and the Commercial Racket
The History of Christmas
The True Meaning of Christmas
What Christmas Means to Me by CS Lewis
The Nativity Narratives in the Gospels
Why I celebrate Christmas
Winterval an Urban Myth
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus
American journalisms classic editorial
On Mortality
Sex Education
Development of Education Policy
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Home
Why
Where
When
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Topics
On Nature
What’s Natural?
Natural, Shmatural
What is ‘Natural’ Food
Human Intervention in Nature
Against Nature by Karl Marx
Out of the Wild
The Privilege of Romanticising Nature
When genocide is good
Why we can’t leave nature alone
Coronavirus—Is nature sending us a message?
Is Mother Nature Really Maternal?
Mother Nature
Forget Mother Nature
Ecology against Mother Nature
Mother Nature is not Maternal
Mother Nature is not our friend
Redefining the Mother Nature Myth
Should We Retire 'Mother Earth'
Is Nature in Balance or in Flux?
The balance of Nature is an enduring concept and it’s wrong
The Balance of nature myth
The balance of nature--evolution of a panchreston
The Mythical Balance of Nature
The Balance of Nature
Meat Eating & Vegetarianism
Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet
Consistent Vegetarianism
Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet
The abuse of animals won’t stop until we stop eating meat
The Meat Eaters
On Eating a Friend
The Meat Paradox
The Virtues of the Table
Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
The Romantic View of Nature
Debunking the idyllic view of natural processes
Nature is not evil, simply amoral
Ecocentrism and Appeals to Nature’s Goodness
A disaster without precedent
On Nature by John Stuart Mill (1874)
Why is Biodiversity Important?
The Biological Diversity Crisis by EO Wilso
What is biodiversity and why does it matter to us
One Life peddles one big lie
Wild Animal Suffering in Nature
Wild Animal Suffering in Nature
The importance of wild animal suffering
Should we try to relieve suffering in nature?
Bambi or Bessie?
The Happy Animal--Bambi or Bessie?
Baboons are nasty
Does Nature have Rights?
Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth
Humans have rights and so should Nature
Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics
On Art
Some Notes on Art and Values
The Ben John Case
Art as a means to moral improvement
Can Good Art Make one a Better Person?
Does Art Make You a Better Person?
Does reading fiction make us better people
Art Makes Us Better Human Beings
How Your Appreciation of the Arts Makes You a Better Person
Study asks: do the arts make us better people
Does reading a single passage of literary fiction really improve theory of
The Importance of Books
Art doesn't make us better humans
Against Art in Politics, and Politics in Art
Do the humanities humanize by George Steiner
To Civilise Our Gentlemen by George Steiner
The Case Against Literature As Moral Education
The Lady Chatterley Trial 1960
Good Art, Bad People
What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men
Song: Tomorrow Belongs to Me from Cabaret
Men have an empathy problem
Theory of mind
A Policy
On Gender
Trans people in the UK
Why are trans rights so divisive
An LBTQ+ Glossary
The Truth about Trans
Tips for Allies of Transgender People
Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics
Dancing plagues and mass hysteria
Recovered and false memories
Even thinking about trans people is wrong by Hugo Rifkind
Transgender Ideology is Riddled with Contradictions
Why Is Transgender Identity on the Rise Among Teens?
Ethics Problems
On Happiness
On Humour
Philosophy of Humour
Five Leading Theories for Why We Laugh
On Christmas
Christmas Traditions
Christmas Legends & Urban Myths
Bah Humbug Virginia
Aunt Gertrudes Hideous Tie
Attending the Carol Service
CS Lewis on Christmas
Generosity at Christmas
Nativity scene
Kitsch & Sentimentality at Christmas
Proof That Santa Could Exist
Santa Claus Coke and the Commercial Racket
The History of Christmas
The True Meaning of Christmas
What Christmas Means to Me by CS Lewis
The Nativity Narratives in the Gospels
Why I celebrate Christmas
Winterval an Urban Myth
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus
American journalisms classic editorial
On Mortality
Sex Education
Development of Education Policy
Contact
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Home
Why
Where
When
What
Topics
On Nature
What’s Natural?
Natural, Shmatural
What is ‘Natural’ Food
Human Intervention in Nature
Against Nature by Karl Marx
Out of the Wild
The Privilege of Romanticising Nature
When genocide is good
Why we can’t leave nature alone
Coronavirus—Is nature sending us a message?
Is Mother Nature Really Maternal?
Mother Nature
Forget Mother Nature
Ecology against Mother Nature
Mother Nature is not Maternal
Mother Nature is not our friend
Redefining the Mother Nature Myth
Should We Retire 'Mother Earth'
Is Nature in Balance or in Flux?
The balance of Nature is an enduring concept and it’s wrong
The Balance of nature myth
The balance of nature--evolution of a panchreston
The Mythical Balance of Nature
The Balance of Nature
Meat Eating & Vegetarianism
Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet
Consistent Vegetarianism
Go vegetarian to save wildlife and the planet
The abuse of animals won’t stop until we stop eating meat
The Meat Eaters
On Eating a Friend
The Meat Paradox
The Virtues of the Table
Industrial farming is one of the worst crimes in history
The Romantic View of Nature
Debunking the idyllic view of natural processes
Nature is not evil, simply amoral
Ecocentrism and Appeals to Nature’s Goodness
A disaster without precedent
On Nature by John Stuart Mill (1874)
Why is Biodiversity Important?
The Biological Diversity Crisis by EO Wilso
What is biodiversity and why does it matter to us
One Life peddles one big lie
Wild Animal Suffering in Nature
Wild Animal Suffering in Nature
The importance of wild animal suffering
Should we try to relieve suffering in nature?
Bambi or Bessie?
The Happy Animal--Bambi or Bessie?
Baboons are nasty
Does Nature have Rights?
Universal Declaration of Rights of Mother Earth
Humans have rights and so should Nature
Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics
On Art
Some Notes on Art and Values
The Ben John Case
Art as a means to moral improvement
Can Good Art Make one a Better Person?
Does Art Make You a Better Person?
Does reading fiction make us better people
Art Makes Us Better Human Beings
How Your Appreciation of the Arts Makes You a Better Person
Study asks: do the arts make us better people
Does reading a single passage of literary fiction really improve theory of
The Importance of Books
Art doesn't make us better humans
Against Art in Politics, and Politics in Art
Do the humanities humanize by George Steiner
To Civilise Our Gentlemen by George Steiner
The Case Against Literature As Moral Education
The Lady Chatterley Trial 1960
Good Art, Bad People
What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men
Song: Tomorrow Belongs to Me from Cabaret
Men have an empathy problem
Theory of mind
A Policy
On Gender
Trans people in the UK
Why are trans rights so divisive
An LBTQ+ Glossary
The Truth about Trans
Tips for Allies of Transgender People
Outbreak: On Transgender Teens and Psychic Epidemics
Dancing plagues and mass hysteria
Recovered and false memories
Even thinking about trans people is wrong by Hugo Rifkind
Transgender Ideology is Riddled with Contradictions
Why Is Transgender Identity on the Rise Among Teens?
Ethics Problems
On Happiness
On Humour
Philosophy of Humour
Five Leading Theories for Why We Laugh
On Christmas
Christmas Traditions
Christmas Legends & Urban Myths
Bah Humbug Virginia
Aunt Gertrudes Hideous Tie
Attending the Carol Service
CS Lewis on Christmas
Generosity at Christmas
Nativity scene
Kitsch & Sentimentality at Christmas
Proof That Santa Could Exist
Santa Claus Coke and the Commercial Racket
The History of Christmas
The True Meaning of Christmas
What Christmas Means to Me by CS Lewis
The Nativity Narratives in the Gospels
Why I celebrate Christmas
Winterval an Urban Myth
Yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus
American journalisms classic editorial
On Mortality
Sex Education
Development of Education Policy
Contact
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