Finn Janning says empathy and compassion are necessary for our thriving and even our survival. “Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday. … More
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Compassion – Toward an Ethics of Mindfulness
This work is guided by two hypotheses with one overall objective of establishing an ethics of mindfulness . The first … More
A note on identity politics
I concur with the point that, sometimes, the treatment of certain groups can be so cruel and unfair that you … More
What is happening in Catalonia?
The Spanish novelist Eduardo Mendoza has won many literary prices, including the Franz Kafka Prize, in 2015, and the Premio … More
Against separatism
Fernando Savater’s Contra el separatismo is like a breathe of fresh air in a Catalonia marked by years of frustration, … More
Earning to Give
In The Most Good You Can Do, philosopher Peter Singer tells us how we can all do better through “effective … More
Posthumanism
Once upon a time the human was at the center of the universe. Now, the unified and autonomous human subject … More