WHO DO I SAVE?
I wanted to talk about an ethical scenario that often comes up in any ethics based lectures I have. The thought experiment goes as...
5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT BUDDHISM
Ok so I have just started my final year at uni, and my favourite module definitely has to be Buddhism. After being quite unaware of...
IS IT WRONG TO EAT MEAT?
I am a meat eater yet animal lover. Does this make me an evil hypocrite? Probably. Although I have the belief that eating meat is wrong,...
BEAUTY. BUT WHAT IS IT?
As I previously mentioned in a recent blog, this term at University I have been teaching Philosophy (to some degree) to primary school...
EUTHANASIA
I think we can all agree that Euthanasia is a bit of a delicate subject but one that I am sure we all differ strongly in our opinions of....
WHAT IS MOTIVATION?
It's ten o'clock on a Wednesday morning, and to my surprise I just had a really interesting seminar on Meta-ethics. Meta-ethics asks...
CAN I DECIDE MY RACE?
Philosophy of race is something I am completely new to but find all the more interesting as I read further into. I want to make the...
DREAMING
Today has been a bit of a day dream; a sunday afternoon where you sit around attempting to do some work, some washing, and all the other...
PHILOSOPHY FOR KIDS
A completely new experiance for me will be going to teach primary school children a bit of Philosophy. This is SO scary for me right now;...
WHY?
What is philosophy? A question I forever struggle to answer. I could get technical or simply try to explain that it just makes us think....
