Philosophy is different from other disciplines in that it doesn’t teach you what to think, but how to think. It encourages the development of highly-prized core skills: thinking clearly, logically,…
In recent years, the debate around euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide has captivated the public’s attention. These practices, at the crossroads of medical ethics and personal autonomy, raise thought-provoking questions about…
In one of the quieter streets of the city of Valletta, the home of the semi-fictional Borg couple has been a sanctuary of hopes, dreams, and quiet heartbreaks. Their quest…
In the modern world, technology pervades every aspect of life. The digital landscape transforms how people communicate, work, and live. With these advancements come new challenges, and among them, the…
The Internet has become an integral part of modern society, revolutionizing communication, commerce, and the exchange of information. From its humble beginnings in the 1960s as the ARPANET, a network…
Does the End justify the Means? From the philosophical theories of Niccolò Machiavelli and Immanuel Kant to the concept of utilitarianism, we explore various perspectives of this ethical conundrum.
Born in Paris in 1905, Jean-Paul Sartre lived through some of the most transformative moments in recent history and used his experience to shape his views on the human condition.…
Friedrich Nietzsche, the enigmatic and revolutionary 19th-century German philosopher, dared to challenge the foundations of morality, prompting generations to confront the question: should one be moral? As the world evolves,…
Imagine you’re standing on a footbridge overlooking a railway track, and you see a trolley heading towards five workers who are tied to the tracks. You have a lever that…
In the 18th century, Europe was in a state of constant flux. The age of enlightenment was in full swing and new ideas about reason, science, and progress were taking…
Achieve pleasure and eliminate pain. This, in a compressed nutshell, sums up the ethics of Epicurus. Born in 341 BCE in Samos, Greece, he taught that pleasure is the absence…
Practical Ethics to Achieve Self-Fulfilment Widely considered one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy, Aristotle emerged from the cradle of Western civilization, ancient Greece, a…
As he lay dying, Socrates gazed upon the faces of his friends and loved ones, gathered in sorrow around his bed. The poison of the hemlock had taken hold, coursing…
Imagine living in a world where myths and legends were the only explanation for everything around you. Gods and demigods, monsters, muses, and nymphs, centaurs and cyclopes, giants, gorgons, werewolves…
Fallacies, despite being wrong, usually appear to be correct and thereby can convince people into accepting them. Fallacies generally result in arguments that are weak, unsound, or invalid. These eight…