Philosophy

Tom Chivers is wrong about having sex with animals

The Unbroken Thread is an engaging and entertaining read — but it feels like a project that’s only just beginning

William Poulos says that in his wisdom and readability, Llewelyn Morgan serves his subject well

Daniel Johnson says the fact that Foucault scholars now overlook his advocacy for sex with boys shows the great libertine failed to overturn Judaeo-Christian morality

Debates over what constitutes ‘hate speech’ reintroduce dangerous concepts of sin and morality into our common law

Roger Scruton’s appreciation of Richard Wagner will remain an important and inexhaustible part of his legacy

Paul du Quenoy offers an appreciation of the late scholar and free speech advocate James R. Flynn

How the French philosopher founded today’s social justice movement

Sir Roger Scruton’s religious views are dissonant but beautiful

A remarkable group of intellectuals in pre-war Vienna used philosophy to explain the scientific progess of their time — until they were halted by murder and Nazism