Harry Shearer: A History of Ideas

Do you draw conclusions from how things are to think about how things should be?

Is there a difference between a child dying in a far off land and a child dying nearby?

Is it ever morally acceptable to tell a lie?

Is sacrificing one life to save the lives of many others the best possible outcome?

Is lust just one rung on the ladder to a higher appreciation of beauty?

Simone de Beauvoir: Resistance to male stereotypes of beauty can mean greater equality.

Find out more about the Golden Ratio.

Some things that move us are beautiful, others are sublime. But what is the difference?

Is giving up some of your freedoms a fair price to pay to live in a secure society?

We live in a world festering with evil. How could a good God allow this problem of evil?

John Stuart Mill argues the case for being able to live your life the way you want to.

Are our 'conscious decisions' just reports on what is already happening?