The Philosophical Muser

  For a much-needed break from a day and half of book editing - now that Just Stop Oil have ceased active civil disobedience, here are 15 al...

Following on from all that was said in yesterday’s blog post about harsh Old Testament verses , I had some further thoughts, because it’s go...

  I find it a peculiar solecism and irony that many people of today will have no truck with the so-called immoral teachings of the Old Testa...

  In my writings previously, I have talked about how beauty is connected to truth (see here and here ). It’s beautiful to seek the truth, a...

  On my blog post Why I Think We Can Do Away With The Term 'Gender' , a reader followed up with the enquiry: “When people experience...

  A general piece of wisdom that’s been popularly suggested over the decades is   “Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advic...

  About 5 years ago, I partook in the fun social media post-a-thon “20 albums over 20 days that have influenced me in some way”. One popped ...

  Irrespective of whether I like someone or how I feel about people as individuals, when it comes to most of their highly partisan left or r...

  You know by now what I think of Net Zero – it has been “one of the most widespread Dunning-Kruger ‘Mount stupid’ delusions ever wrought on...

  There is an "overdiagnosis" of mental health conditions, says Health Secretary Wes Streeting, where Generation Z are giving up o...

  What I’m going to say is expressed in very simple prose, but I suspect only a minority of people who are like me - smart, good looking, so...

  Let me tell you my belief about the triune nature of love (from my book on love). There are perhaps three elements to successful romantic ...

  Before eating the fruit, Adam and Eve were in a state of innocence. They knew only good, as they lived in harmony with God and creation. W...

  In addition to my previous blog post on Four Steps To Sharpen Your Critical Thinking , here’s some guidance on spotting the underlying mis...

  Published earlier today on Network Norfolk: First, a brief disclaimer; this intention of this article is not to explore the deep topic of ...

  There’s an interesting human phenomenon that one could associate with writing (or music, filmmaking, painting, even sport), whereby there ...

  I’d say one of the most interesting things Jordan Peterson has said is that “self-consciousness is so tightly associated with suffering th...

When we act well, we tend to be acting more responsibly and with greater reasoning; and when we act badly, we tend to be acting less respons...