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From the archives: There isn’t one single purpose for a university, or for education

Julian Baggini - 2nd January 2011

From the archives in 2011, Julian Baggini looks at the role of a university, and the many different values that come with education

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From the archives: Why the quest precision of thought may well prove futile

Julian Baggini - 4th October 2010

From the archives in 2010, Julian Baggini muses on logic, precision, and philosophy's value in reminding us what we still do not know

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Sexual Ethics

Phil - 23rd July 2007

Volume 20 Number 3, Autumn 2007

Philosopher’s Corner

Julian Baggini

SEXUAL ETHICS seems such a quaint old subject.
Such has been the success of the almost complete purge of sex from the arena of serious, secular ethical debate that when someone does raise the topic, we immediately suspect (usually correctly) that that person has some conservative or religious axe to grind.

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