The Philosophical Muser

Education secretary Nicky Morgan wants to give parents greater choice in state-funded schools because she thinks schools will “ up their ...

We've heard a lot this week from EU-friendly politicians (which is pretty much everyone outside of UKIP and a few Conservatives) abou...

It's not often I do this, but sometimes reflecting on a public conversation can prove to be pretty informative in highlighting partic...

Home Secretary Theresa May has just issued a so-called “wake-up call” to the police about its chronic shortage of black and ethnic minori...

One of the long-standing moral problems in philosophy, dealt with most famously by David Hume, is the 'is–ought problem' of how t...

Restaurants should charge for booking a table at peak times as well as for eating the meal. I'm telling you this not just because I w...

If the UK steel situation has taught us one thing this week, it's that most UK citizens, and apparently many politicians too, do no...

When it comes to the issue of recycling, there is an important question we in the UK should be asking, but apparently are not: Are ...

I was pleased to read that the first grammar school in 50 years is to be approved (well, it's actually an annexe, as grammar schools ...

It won’t surprise you to know that there is a significant correlation between economic freedom and economic prosperity. I was pleased t...

An interesting claim has been made in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology that finding a partner that will make you happy i...

Throughout his writings Thomas Aquinas believed that moral awareness is a kind of natural law that inheres in the nature of things, due t...

I must have bought over one hundred books from Amazon since its inception - but, alas, I don't know what is up with Amazon's book...

If Jeremy Corbyn took over the restaurant (country) that David Cameron and George Osborne are currently running, would the customers have...