Ophelia Deroy and Marwa El Zein on what neuroscience can tell us how our brains compare pleasures.
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Should You Look Before You Leap?
Andrew Sepielli scouts uncertainty about moral rules.
Jeremy Bentham: a snapshot
Bart Schultz on Jeremy Bentham, “one of the strangest men who ever lived”.
Open Debate: Ethics and the Vegan Way of Life
Les Burwood and Ros Wyeth argue that there are good arguments for adopting the unfashionable view that it is immoral to use animals as a resource.
Utilitarianism, Hedonism and Desert: a review
Sam Fremantle reviews Utilitarianism, Hedonism and Desert by Fred Feldman.
Mill – On Utilitarianism: a review
Mike Targett discovers a book on Mill which strikes “a good balance in being accessible and informative whilst offering some substantial philosophical views”.
J. S. Mill: a snapshot
Peter Holmes looks at the life and thought of nineteenth-century liberal John Stuart Mill.