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Mill is particularly concerned that minority opinions should not be silenced just because they are held by very few people. Unfashionable ideas have potential value for the whole of humanity, even if...

Nigel Warburton

Mill is particularly concerned that minority opinions should not be silenced just because they are held by very few people. Unfashionable ideas have potential value for the whole of humanity, even if...

لقد رسم العامة صورة للفيلسوف صورة شخص عبقري في تعامله مع الفكر المجرد، وهو قابع في مقعده الوثير بحجرته داخل أكسفورد أو كامبريدج، وعاجز في الوقت ذاته عن التعامل مع الجوانب العملية في الحياة، فهو الشخص...

Nigel Warburton

لقد رسم العامة صورة للفيلسوف صورة شخص عبقري في تعامله مع الفكر المجرد، وهو قابع في مقعده الوثير بحجرته داخل أكسفورد أو كامبريدج، وعاجز في الوقت ذاته عن التعامل مع الجوانب العملية في الحياة، فهو الشخص...

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Nigel Warburton (; born 1962) is a British philosopher. He is best known as a populariser of philosophy, having written a number of books in the genre, but he has also written academic works in aesthetics and applied ethics.

One reason why false and offensive speech is permitted in most liberal democracies is precisely because the best answer to bad speech is good speech, rather than censorship.

Nigel Warburton

One reason why false and offensive speech is permitted in most liberal democracies is precisely because the best answer to bad speech is good speech, rather than censorship.

Philosophy is not a spectator sport.

Nigel Warburton

Philosophy is not a spectator sport.

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The best way to live, then, was this: have a very simple lifestyle, be kind to those around you, and surround yourself with friends.

Nigel Warburton

The best way to live, then, was this: have a very simple lifestyle, be kind to those around you, and surround yourself with friends.

Mill argued in The Subjection of Women (1869) that the sexes should be treated equally both in law and in society more generally.

Nigel Warburton

Mill argued in The Subjection of Women (1869) that the sexes should be treated equally both in law and in society more generally.

If you only know your own side of a case, then your belief is likely to be inadequate. You need to be able to refute counter-arguments to your position otherwise you aren’t justified in your belief ev...

Nigel Warburton

If you only know your own side of a case, then your belief is likely to be inadequate. You need to be able to refute counter-arguments to your position otherwise you aren’t justified in your belief ev...

Muitas das actividades humanas adquirem o seu significado pelo facto de serem irrepetíveis. Fazemos escolhas, tomamos decisões que dão forma às pessoas em que nos tornamos. A nossa satisfação pela exp...

Nigel Warburton

Muitas das actividades humanas adquirem o seu significado pelo facto de serem irrepetíveis. Fazemos escolhas, tomamos decisões que dão forma às pessoas em que nos tornamos. A nossa satisfação pela exp...

إنّ القارئ المثالي: هو القارئُ الناقد، الذي يعتمد المناقشة المستمرة للبراهين المستعملة، والتفكير في براهين مناقضة لها

Nigel Warburton

إنّ القارئ المثالي: هو القارئُ الناقد، الذي يعتمد المناقشة المستمرة للبراهين المستعملة، والتفكير في براهين مناقضة لها

Free speech is one of the core values in a democracy and it should be championed with a vengeance.

Nigel Warburton

Free speech is one of the core values in a democracy and it should be championed with a vengeance.

Free speech does indeed cause hurt—but there is nothing wrong in this. Knowledge advances through the destruction of bad ideas. Mockery

Nigel Warburton

Free speech does indeed cause hurt—but there is nothing wrong in this. Knowledge advances through the destruction of bad ideas. Mockery

Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and feared, but that's hard to achieve. If you rely on your people loving you, then you...

Nigel Warburton

Machiavelli stresses that it's better as a leader to be feared than to be loved. Ideally you would be both loved and feared, but that's hard to achieve. If you rely on your people loving you, then you...

A human being can choose what to do, what to become. We are all free. No one but you can decide what you make of your life. If you let other people decide how you live, that is, again, a choice. It wo...

Nigel Warburton

A human being can choose what to do, what to become. We are all free. No one but you can decide what you make of your life. If you let other people decide how you live, that is, again, a choice. It wo...

The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means us...

Nigel Warburton

The object of this essay is to assert one very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in the way of compulsion and control, whether the means us...

Epicurus summed up his whole philosophy in his epitaph: ‘I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind’ If

Nigel Warburton

Epicurus summed up his whole philosophy in his epitaph: ‘I was not; I have been; I am not; I do not mind’ If

In this short philosophical novel he completely undermined the kind of optimism about humanity and the universe that Pope and Leibniz had expressed, and he did it in such an entertaining way that the...

Nigel Warburton

In this short philosophical novel he completely undermined the kind of optimism about humanity and the universe that Pope and Leibniz had expressed, and he did it in such an entertaining way that the...

Minority opinions should not be silenced just because they are held by very few people. Unfashionable ideas have potential value for the whole of humanity, even if only held by one person: If all mank...

Nigel Warburton

Minority opinions should not be silenced just because they are held by very few people. Unfashionable ideas have potential value for the whole of humanity, even if only held by one person: If all mank...

We are all basically selfish, driven by fear of death and the hope of personal gain,

Nigel Warburton

We are all basically selfish, driven by fear of death and the hope of personal gain,

Mill sets out several related arguments for protecting freedom of speech, not just from oppressive government intervention, but also from social pressures. Underlying them all are the assumptions that...

Nigel Warburton

Mill sets out several related arguments for protecting freedom of speech, not just from oppressive government intervention, but also from social pressures. Underlying them all are the assumptions that...

There once was a man who said ‘God Must think it exceedingly odd     If he finds that this tree     Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad.

Nigel Warburton

There once was a man who said ‘God Must think it exceedingly odd     If he finds that this tree     Continues to be When there's no one about in the Quad.