We have a moral duty to allow others to make ‘transformative choices’ such as changing careers, migrating and having children, a new study argues...
Dr Paulina Sliwa argues that intentions are the key to making sense of our everyday morality.
In the outrage that erupted when an American dentist killed a lion, the trophy hunter was branded a 'monster'. Natalie Lawrence, a PhD candidate in...
Charities want your time and not just your money: new study identifies factors that lessen ‘time aversion’ in charitable giving.
Human stem cell research holds promise for combating some of the most recalcitrant of diseases and for regenerating damaged bodies. It is also an...
Anthropology looks at human differences in its study of the ‘other’ and at human commonalities in its more recent focus on the ‘suffering’. In...
The process of giving and receiving (and being in debt) is an inescapable part of human experience. From sub-prime lending and student loans to organ...
They’ve had viewers cowering behind the sofa since ‘Doctor Who’ began – but what exactly is it that makes people so frightened of the Daleks? A new...
Miranda Gill traces shifting 19th-century perceptions of eccentricity, from its association with the intoxicating lure of modernity and fashion to...
A prolific writer and champion of accessible philosophy, Simon Blackburn was honoured this year by the prestigious American Academy of Arts and...
The Royal Society today recognised 44 scientists for their contributions to society by electing them to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.
