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Peter Singer is an influential leader in philosophy and bioethics—but his opinions are controversial at best. Charles C. Camosy attempts to explain one of the most polarizing figures in modern philosophy.
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Publicity intern Katie describes her experiences working at Cambridge University Press.
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Explore one of Italy's most fantastic medieval cities with this slideshow.
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Part Two of our interview with Judea Pearl, as he talks about the future of causality and computer intelligence.
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As a Brit, it’s traditional to believe that these cloudy and wet islands in the firing line of a succession of Atlantic storms are home to the most weather-obsessed nation on the planet. Not a bit of it, I’ve found; that title now definitely belongs to the U S of A. Where’s my evidence? I’ve recently written a book The Weather Observer’s Handbook, which seeks to provide guidance to professional and amateur observers alike in the business of making and maintaining weather observations. ‘Measuring the weather’ is not as easy as it sounds – making accurate measurements that are comparable with the readings from other weather stations a county away, a continent away or a century ago demands careful attention to standards set out in rather dense officialese by the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva.
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Ethics is the study of right and wrong, of which actions we should and shouldn’t perform. Not all the things we do are morally evaluable of course. If I trip over a carpet something has happened to me I haven’t done anything. The behaviours we choose, our actions, are the only behaviours of ours that are morally evaluable: in choosing them the choices we make are moral choices.
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First the Cambridge Book Club took you to London, now it’s on to Venice! This month we’re highlighting Venice: History of the Floating City by Joanne Ferraro (on sale August 14).
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