The Philosophical Muser

Some people tell me that as my Philosophical Muser Blog is underpinned by economic and philosophical analysis I can appear to be slightly...

Following on from a recent blog about the importance of tuition fees , there is another bit of confusion doing the rounds. There used to ...

When reading a popular opinion piece in, say, The Guardian or The Telegraph, a good rule to have is this: "Never read the comments...

As anyone who understands the basics will know, life in a free society involves making choices about what’s best for us by weighing up c...

I was delighted to read today that India has told Greenpeace exactly where to go in meddling in its economic growth. I’m not even going ...

When driving down the notorious A11, particularly before it was duelled, I would often be bemused at the occurrence of traffic jams when...

It astonishes me when something so simple and obvious is misunderstood by so many people. This doesn't happen as infrequently as one ...

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 ...