- Description
- Dr Nikk Effingham writes for The Conversation on using philosophy to debunk flat earth theories.
- Date:
- 26/04/2018
- Description
- Herjeet Marway's recent journal article on the ethics of genetically selecting for fair skin is quoted in The Guardian in this piece about the dangers of skin-lightening products.
- Date:
- 26/04/2018
- Description
- Heather Widdows' new book, Perfect Me, is mentioned in pieces by The Atlantic and the New York Times in relation to the forthcoming film I Feel Pretty, starring Amy Schumer.
- Date:
- 26/04/2018
- Description
- Professor Hanna Pickard, writing for the Institute of Art and Ideas, says the need for diagnosis of mental disorders before showing compassion shames us all.
- Date:
- 20/04/2018
- Description
- Professor Heather Widdows discusses the pressures to be 'beautiful' and the connection between beauty and philosophy for the Radical Philosophy podcast, an Australian radio programme.
- Date:
- 20/04/2018
- Description
- Confirmed: abstract and venue for the Centre's annual public lecture by Jonathan Wolff
- Date:
- 06/04/2018
- Description
- In this talk Professor Yujin Nagasawa considers how we define miracles and what makes us believe in miracles in the modern world.
- Date:
- 23/03/2018
- Description
- Watch Dr Anneli Jefferson talk about moral decision making at the LSE's Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science Choice Group.
- Date:
- 19/03/2018
- Description
- Researchers from Project PERFECT are presenting their research in March and April 2018.
- Date:
- 16/03/2018
- Description
- Professor Heather Widdows discusses the degree to which society expects us to pursue the beauty ideal and the pressure to conform.
- Date:
- 14/03/2018
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