Jo Phoenix argues for the importance of biological realism when thinking about crime, victimisation and the administration of justice.
Other Articles
The Three Waves of Pandemic Ethics
Jonathan Wolff argues that the moral character of our leaders will be revealed in how they address the long-term effects of the pandemic.
The Life Inside: a review
Krista Thomason reviews Andy West’s memoir of prison, family and philosophy.
The Women Are Up to Something: a review
Cheryl Misak reviews Benjamin Lipscomb’s welcome corrective to a narrative that centers men at the heart of post-war Oxford philosophy.
A Question of… Discrimination
In the second part of a new series for young people, Steven Campbell-Harris asks whether public decency laws are discriminatory.
The Right to Be Alone
Nicholas Whittaker investigates a core assumption of the modern world – that the need to be alone is a necessary feature of human life.
The Philosopher-Historian Rebel: an interview with Jonathan Rée
Emily Thomas talks to Jonathan Rée about Witcraft, his subversive history of philosophy.
How Do Monet’s Water Lilies Convey Regret?
Vanessa Brassey on a philosophical puzzle.
A Question of… Desire
In the first part of a new series for young people, Steven Campbell-Harris takes a look at the character of desire.
How Should Governments Make COVID-19 Policy?
Justin Bernstein, Anne Barnhill and Travis Rieder argue that pandemic policymaking requires science, ethics and politics.
