Thinking Beyond The Curriculum
Read More“Why do we do anything that we do? What is its purpose? What are we actually trying to achieve? The less we ask ourselves these questions about the things that we do, the more we hollow out the world into an empty pantomime of vacuous appearances, void of substance, meaning, and sense.“
Read More“It’s always worth paying attention when you get your insular little bubbles popped. “
Read More“If I had planned an ideal last lesson for you (an actual lesson aimed at teaching you something new) what would we be doing and how would we be doing it?“
Read More“Many months ago, a student suggested several topics I might like to cover on future Philosophy Unleasheds. While I did one straight away, the remaining questions were soon lost to time as life got in the way and I forgot about the email entirely…“
Read More“Sanctions, punishments, threats…these may bring some short term sense of comfort that justice is being done, but true justice comes when we no longer need such threats to ensure good behaviour. When the logic of the genuine consequences of an action is enough to make people make better choices. When police aren’t racists and politicians aren’t liars because the obvious wrongness of being a racist or a liar, and its logical consequence in the death and suffering of innocent people, is sufficient to not want to be racist or lie. “