I started studying philosophy at the University of Glasgow back in 2011. I was officially a psychology student back then, but I jumped ship almost immediately, and now I'm working on my PhD at the University of Kent. My interests sit mostly in moral and political philosophy, but I have that magpie-like tendency to dip into all the areas of philosophy I know less about as soon as I see a shiny idea. My research focuses on autonomy in mood disorders, pulling together moral psychology, some phenomenology, and moral philosophy. I've also been getting more and more interested in Epistemic Injustices recently (which ties in nicely with my core research), so for now that might be my new favourite area in philosophy.
“Is it less altruistic to support charities that we sympathise with/relate to, as opposed to supporting all charities within our means?” Thank you, Arjun Sambhi, for another head-scratcher! Altruism speaks to our motives, rather than specifically the things we do. We act from altruism when two things happen at once: firstly, when we are motivated […]
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Thank you, Orsolya Kárpáti, for raising a really important question. Let’s start by thinking about the role consent plays in our moral thinking. The first thing we might notice is the difference between consent as an utterance – saying, ‘I agree’ or ‘yeah, sure’ – and morally valid consent. We can say that we consent
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I love this question – thank you, Kate Messenger, for asking it. There are a couple of ways we might look at it, which I will go through before saying my piece. Let’s focus on the fact that you bought the toy. Robert Nozick famously argued that private property is something we get rights to
Thank you, Zeeshan Ahmed, for an intriguing question. What it means to ‘comprehend’ something is its own interesting philosophical question, and one that’s received less attention that might be expected. However, we can probably say a couple of things to shape our thinking without much controversy. One is that comprehension involves appreciating the structure, or
