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An early manifestation of a contemporary debate: Kant’s early critics on freedom of the will

Contemporary analytic philosophy on free will deals with questions such as “How is freedom of the will possible given the causal predetermination of events in the world?” or “How can we justify...

John Walsh, Jörg Noller | 28 Oct 2021

Surviving Climate Chaos: The need for good leadership

Brave and accountable leaders who are competent on climate change are needed, but for the public to choose them reliably requires the universal early teaching and learning of ecology.

Julian Caldecott | 28 Oct 2021

Keeping expectations realistic for COP26 in Glasgow

There are great expectations by governments, businesses, and civil society for the forthcoming Glasgow Climate Conference, or COP 26, as it’s known in the jargon. US Secretary of State John Kerry has...

Joanna Depledge | 26 Oct 2021

Liszt in Context

Even 135 years after his death, Liszt’s glamour continues to fascinate. He was the rock star of the nineteenth century, women swooning at his feet as he performed the most demanding music of his age with...

Joanne Cormac | 26 Oct 2021

Economics and Islam – it’s about Ethics, not Numbers

Often, we perceive economics as highly objective and functional science or system that is closely associated with material prosperity, economic development or progress, and consumption and transfer of...

Sami Al-Daghistani | 26 Oct 2021

A Q&A with Shawn Bayern, author of ‘Autonomous Organizations’

Q: What led you to start thinking about how software or robots might get legal personhood? A: It was two things, really. On one side, I started noticing that significant activities within existing...

Shawn Bayern | 25 Oct 2021

The Shrine at the Tomb of the Confucius’s Robe and Cap

In a rural area, now part of modern Shanghai, a 34th-generation descendant is alleged to have buried the robe and cap of Confucius (Kongzi; 551-479 BCE), over a thousand years after his death. Another...

Julia K. Murray | 22 Oct 2021

Decarbonization is a Household Issue in Extractive Communities

At COP26, nations will be pressured to commit more funds for climate change adaptation and resilience – to the tune of billions of dollars each year. Yet how adaptation and resilience are enacted...

Abby Kinchy, Jessica Lehman | 22 Oct 2021

How Would the World Deliver $100 Billion in Climate Aid?

In a recent New York Times opinion piece, Larry Fink, the Chairman and CEO of the $10 trillion financial giant, BlackRock, and an outspoken advocate for ESG investment, argues that rich countries (OECD...

Nives Dolsak, Aseem Prakash | 21 Oct 2021

Domestic Politics at the Root: Obstacles and Opportunities at the Glasgow COP

With COP less than two weeks away, one may wonder what the 26th round of the United Nations annual climate talks has in store. Media outlets from around the world, advocacy groups, and NGOs have come...

Patrick Bayer, Federica Genovese | 21 Oct 2021

The Passing of a Nuclear Proliferator Par Excellence

Abdul Qadeer Khan, better known to the world as A. Q. Khan, passed away in October 2021 at the age of 85. Often referred to as the Father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, and revered by many Pakistanis for...

Stuart Casey-Maslen | 21 Oct 2021

The Supernatural “Natural Experiment”: Rehabilitation and Remediation of Internationally Adopted Children

International adoption is not a modern invention: it has existed throughout known human history. But then something occurred that had never happened before in such a short period of time and on a such...

Boris Gindis | 21 Oct 2021