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The Best Books on Moral Philosophy | Five Books Expert Recommendations
7 min · · The questions of moral philosophy are not always best answered by philosophy books, says leading moral philosopher, Jonathan Glover. · Shared by 238, including Dr Rani Lill Anjum 🐦, Matteo Furia, Uyên Đỗ, Anita Leirfall, Carly
Aeon+Psyche
To be fully human, we must also be fully embodied animal
13+ min · · Human exceptionalism is dead: for the sake of our own happiness and the planet we should embrace our true animal nature · Shared by 210, including Gisele Navarro, Anita Leirfall, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos
Big Think
The four moral judgments you make everyday
3 min · · Our brains make snap moral decisions in mere seconds. · Shared by 12, including Lee Keyes, Massimo Pigliucci
Brain Pickings
Our Greatest Misunderstanding About Love: Philosopher-Psychiatrist Esther Perel on Modern Loneliness as Ambiguous Loss and the Essential Elements of Healthy…
2 min · · On the lifelong art of feeling worthy of wanting and worthy of receiving. · Shared by 113, including Charles Duhigg, Doug Sundheim
Quanta Magazine
What Is Life? Its Vast Diversity Defies Easy Definition.
6 min · · Scientists have struggled to formulate a universal definition of life. Is it possible they don't need one? · Shared by 334, including Anita Hill, John Hagel, Brian Ahier, Carl Zimmer
Psychology Today
How to Find Your Life Purpose
4 min · · How to obtain direction, meaning, and motivation · Shared by 671, including Jonathan Kogan, Ceferino Díaz, milan-fostier, Liv 😷, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, Phillip Murphy, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Beth Price Almeida, Thomas Power
Darius Foroux
The Purpose Of Life Is Not Happiness: It’s Usefulness
20+ min · · For the longest time, I believed that there’s only one purpose of life: And that is to be happy. Right? Why else go through all the pain and hardship? It’s to achieve happiness in some way. And I’m… · Shared by 637, including Baadier Sydow 🇿🇦, Arin Basu, Rajdeep Singh, Gianluca Diegoli, Connecticut SEO, Rich, Gérard Godin, Bilal Aslam, Andrei Luca, Ian M Calvert, Vikram Dutt
verywellmind.com
What Does Morality Really Mean?
3 min · · Morality refers to right and wrong. But there's more to it than that. Here's what you should know about morality.
99U
The Stoic: 9 Principles to Help You Keep Calm in Chaos
10 min · · Act on your principles, not your moods. How the ancient philosophy of Stoicism can help us smash creative blocks and do our best work. · Shared by 26, including Manisha Thakor, Fabrizio Bianchi, Esther Schindler, Victor Tolosa
Aeon+Psyche
The rise and fall and rise of logic
13+ min · · Is logical thinking a way to discover or to debate? The answers from philosophy and mathematics define human knowledge · Shared by 67, including hiten.eth, Michael Gisiger, Thomas Power, C. Dutilh Novaes akademienl.social/@cdutilhnovaes
Aeon+Psyche
Why is pop culture obsessed with battles between good and evil?
12+ min · · Pop culture today is obsessed with the battle between good and evil. Traditional folktales never were. What changed? · Shared by 207, including Thomas Power, Esther Schindler, Adrian Hilti, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Andy West, John Hagel, Nir Eyal, Taylor Pearson, Agnes Callard, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Nico Lumma, Mattia Fregola 🤔, Claudia Giane
The New Yorker
Famous Philosophers’ Side Hustles
1 min · · Nietzsche’s personal-training business, Marx’s podcast, and more. · Shared by 171, including Patricia Churchland, Nick Loper
Open Culture
135 Free Philosophy eBooks
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This page features a growing list of Free Philosophy eBooks, presenting essential works by Aristotle, Hegel, Kant, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and many other philosophers. You can generally read these texts on your Kindle, iPad & iPhone, or web browser. · Shared by 23, including Graham Marshall, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Manos Hatzimalonas
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The Stoic: 9 Principles to Help You Keep Calm in Chaos
10 min · · Act on your principles, not your moods. How the ancient philosophy of Stoicism can help us smash creative blocks and do our best work. · Shared by 65, including Kevan Lee 👋, Jeremy Caplan, Fabrizio Bianchi
Aeon+Psyche
How should you choose the right right thing to do?
16+ min · · The ethical life means being good to ourselves, to others, and to the world. But how do you choose if these demands compete? · Shared by 386, including Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Jason Silva, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Anita Leirfall, Stephanie A Kowalski, Doug Sundheim, Scott Monty, Anita Hill
Daily Nous / Justin Weinberg
The Art of Philosophical Writing: An Interview with William Lycan (by Nathan Ballantyne)
20+ min · · “There has to be a balance between the formal and the conversational.” That’s one of many observations about writing philosophy that William “Bill” Lycan, emeritus professor of philosophy at the… · Shared by 115, including Ceferino Díaz, Kevin Roberts, Agnes Callard