I am studying for a Master’s degree in Legal and Political Philosophy at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. I am mainly interested in existentialist ethics and politics. My favourite philosophical work is The Ethics of Ambiguity, by Simone de Beauvoir, where she advances the idea that human beings are characterised as individuals by the projects they undertake.
Thank you, Mahesh Sonawane, for this very important question! It is one I often struggle with myself (hence my taking far too long to come up with this answer – sorry!), and I will not pretend to have a definitive recipe for optimism for you. However, I hope this can at least help. Something I […]
When there is so much suffering in the world, how can we stay positive? Read More
Thank you, Eoin Martin, for this lovely question! There are lots of ways you could go about tackling it. I want to look a bit closer at the central concept: attractiveness. In my answer, I will be talking about how attractiveness works, what plays a role in determining how attractive someone is, in the hope
Are men or women more attractive? Read More
