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February 2019
Doping
Performance-enhancing drugs are banned in sports, but should they be? And what about ‘smart drugs’? We’re getting philosophical about all things doping, competing, and cheating.
Find out more »The Haunting of Neo-liberalism
Marx wrote of the spectre of communism haunting Europe. The Cold War might be over, but have we exorcised Marx’s ghost? And post-9/11, have new spectres appeared in our midst?
Find out more »March 2019
Brave New World
From genetically modified food and designer babies, to chemical mood enhancers and AI, science allows us to radically transform future societies. Are scientists and engineers morally obliged to design a utopia? Or are things best left to ‘nature’?
Find out more »The Irish Enlightenment
We explore the oft-overlooked Irish Enlightenment, asking how the turbulent politics affected the intellectual landscape, and whether there is something distinctively Irish about these thinkers.
Find out more »Mood
What is a mood? And can philosophy make sense of it? We explore Zeitgeists, ambiences and mood altering drugs and music.
Find out more »Disgust
We explore the ‘rich universe of the disgusting’ and ask what disgust can teach us about art, morality and the self.
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