Shaper-of-your-life-and-mine, and SAGE member Susan Michie has never tried to conceal her membership of the Communist Party of Great Britain – the “mainstream media” does that for her. But, if…
Sean Walsh
Sean Walsh
Sean has a PhD in the philosophy of mind/artificial intelligence and has taught philosophy at tertiary level in several universities. He now lives in Wiltshire where he works with recovering addicts and writes about and researches the metaphysics of addiction.
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The Trolley Problem is a thought experiment, familiar to moral philosophers. Participants become involved in the following piece of unrealisable nonsense. You are invited to imagine an out-of-control trolley, racing…
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This week marks the first anniversary of the passing of the philosopher Roger Scruton. It is tempting to suggest that he went home at about the right time, for he…
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“Take care of your body as if you were going to live forever; and take care of your soul as if you were going to die tomorrow” – St Augustine.…
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Europe
Scousers will lead the new peasants’ revolt against the lockdown scam
by Sean Walshby Sean WalshIt is not controversial, I hope, to point out that this Government has exploited epidemiological uncertainty in service of the usual thing governments want: more power. The tedious description of…
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So, the introduction of the new test and trace app went as well as expected. Which is to say, not very well at all. There seem to be two main…
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There are two things wrong with the current “Conservative Party”. The first is that it has no instinct to conserve; the second is everything it does seems to flow from…
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I cannot help thinking that the “second wave” of this virus is a bit like the Victorian legend of “Spring Heeled Jack”: a useful fiction intended to keep the children…
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I do not know about you, but it occurred to me back in March that there were two viruses gripping the country. One had inserted itself via the usual methods…
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The conservative case for Brexit is unimpeachable, but has the Covid-19 crisis shown that the UK public has lost the ability to make it work? Let us take those in…