Just as Ancient Greek art held up an impossibly ideal image of beauty, so we in the modern world grapple with the idealised images of advertising and the movies

Observing Lent is one thing. But in a culture that gives us more and more opportunities to deny ourselves things for the sake of denial, we should think carefully before introducing more rules

A new movement seeks to shift attitudes forwards

Just like every culture has its creation myths, every culture has its myths of destruction. And why wouldn't they?

A cruel leisure activity for the wealthy—or not so different from eating meat? Our contributors battle it out

Gossip has always existed—in fact, it might even do us good. But what happens when rumour goes online?

We should pay attention to how people actually define themselves

Most philosophers no longer tell us anything meaningful about the world at all. When he argued this in 2014, Peter Unger caused quite the controversy. And now he's back

Love, terror and Percy Pigs: the best philosophy writing this year

If the Victorians turned Christmas ads into an art form, today’s offerings blur the boundary between culture and commerce entirely