Nigel Warburton
07 October 2021
Everyday Philosophy: Resisting the urge to gloat over Brexit schadenfreude
Schadenfreude might seem harmless, but there's a difference between a temporary feeling and living your whole life gloating about it.
Read the full article30 September 2021
Everyday Philosophy: Anger – is it always a bad emotion?
There are different kinds of anger - some good and some bad. The right kind of anger can be valuable.
Read the full article23 September 2021
Everyday Philosophy: What is art?
NIGEL WARBURTON, one of the world’s most-read philosophers, considers the latest art installation at Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.
Read the full article16 September 2021
Everyday Philosophy: How much intolerance should a tolerant society tolerate?
Can the rise in intolerance in Europe be attributed to dog-whistle politics, or is there more to it?
Read the full article09 September 2021
Everyday Philosophy: The sense of nothingness surrounding Brexit
How will shoppers adapt to empty shelves in supermarkets? NIGEL WARBURTON, one of the world’s most-read philosophers, offers his thoughts.
Read the full article02 September 2021
Everyday Philosophy: There’s more to seeing than what meets the eye
NIGEL WARBURTON, one of the world’s most-read philosophers, reflects on our mental state after various coronavirus lockdowns.
Read the full article26 August 2021
Everyday Philosophy: Our need for compassion… and a degree of calculation
NIGEL WARBURTON, one of the world’s most-read philosophers, on the 'Trolley Problem' and why life is more complex than the theory suggests.
Read the full article17 August 2021
Everyday Philosophy: The contrasting merits of pessimism and optimism
Introducing a new weekly column by Nigel Warburton, one of the world’s most-read philosophers.
Read the full article15 August 2017
Trump reaction to Charlottesville was ‘quasi-neutral’ and ‘sickening’
