Environment Humans of the Anthropocene By Roy Scranton. You can walk to the beach from where we are staying. It’s a long peel of dun-coloured […] Issue #23: being human
Illusions Human trafficking By Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore A man walks into a mall. His eyes scan the crowds. Finally, he spots what he’s looking […] Issue #23: being human
Ideas to change your life Doing away with death By Allison Arieff Consider this fact of modern life: nearly all of the technological products that we buy and use […] Issue #23: being human
Philosophy and you Defining ourselves By Ai Weiwei Many of the problems in the world today, when one reflects upon them, call for an answer […] Issue #23: being human
The New York Times + New Philosopher We have an exciting announcement for New Philosopher readers: we’re collaborating with The New York Times on the current edition […] Issue #23: being human
Cadetship at Poet Press Poet Press, the publisher of New Philosopher, is offering a 12-month cadetship with 50% of the funding coming from the […] Issue #22: time
Ideas to change your life Power to the people? By Mark Colyvan & Brian Hedden Most of us have great faith in democracy. Such is this faith that when […] Issue #21: power
Ideas to change your life The ethics of political power “From this we learn that a wise prince sees to it that never, in order to attack someone, does he […] Issue #21: power
Society & Culture How power corrupts Zan Boag: Have you arrived at your own definition of power? Keith Dowding: No, I don’t really have one, actually, […] Issue #21: power
Society & Culture A property crisis: interview with Thomas Piketty “Over a certain wealth level, particularly if you are Bill Gates, if you have several dozen billion dollars, you know […] Issue #09: property
Illusions Framing fame “No one wants to pass this way unnoticed – they really don’t, even in a negative way.” Acclaimed photographer Harry […] Issue #10: fame
Ideas to change your life Travel: making the most difference Zan Boag interviews Peter Singer on the ethical issues that arise from travelling. Peter Singer AC is Professor of Bioethics […] Issue #08: travel
Environment Divorced from nature: interview with Jane Goodall Dr Jane Goodall interviewed by New Philosopher’s editor Zan Boag in the ‘Nature‘ edition. Photo by Michael Neugebauer. Zan Boag: […] Issue #14: nature
Happiness 13 questions: Ricky Gervais 1. What is your demon? Laziness. And fear of failure. Luckily, they usually cancel each other out, but it’s a […] Issue #19: life
Ideas to change your life Being mortal Editor of New Philosopher Zan Boag interviews Hilde Lindemann, Professor of Philosophy at Michigan State University and the former editor […] Issue #07: health
