Chris Johns: Happiness requires economic growth but not excess
Nothing but economic growth has ever lifted humanity out of misery
Plato
Why there will never be a cure for irrationality
Unthinkable: Justin E H Smith discusses technological utopianism, Slavoj Zizek and the role of comedy in philosophy
The business worries that give SME owners sleepless nights
Time management, finding the right staff and cash flow are chief concerns
Philosophy behind Plato can help tackle challenges facing SMEs
Peer-to-peer learning can be every bit as effective as book learning.
Is there a right to life? (You mightn’t like the answer)
Unthinkable: There’s ‘a systematic ambiguity’ at the heart of human rights, TCD professor John Dillon says
Greece mired in vicious cycle of recession
Greece Letter: Various announcements about progress merely public charades
Is humour an effective way of communicating wisdom?
Shared, unspoken knowledge is always the active ingredient in ‘getting the joke’
Coping: Approaching 30 and alone in the dark with a mutinous brain
And I had thought my recent birthday didn’t bother me
Students to explore ‘life’s big questions’ in new Philosophy course
Junior Cycle course seeks to promote the benefits of ‘changing one’s mind’
Unthinkable: His poetry’s great but could WB Yeats think straight?
Yeats engaged in ‘cultural mutiny’ against the encroachment of science
Unthinkable: Would you want to live in the afterlife?
Author Raymond Tallis imagines himself as a corpse and discovers new wonder for life
Are science and religion really in conflict? The Unthinkable debate
The Irish Times Unthinkable debate seeks resolution to the ‘God versus science’ row
What St Luke would say to Wolfgang Schäuble
The starting point should not be to ask who is to blame but what is likely to work
Unthinkable: Is thought the best medicine?
If you don’t have meaning in your life you won’t have mental health, says Stephen J Costello
Unthinkable: Should children be encouraged to doubt?
School debating is no substitute for Socratic inquiry, argues author and campaigner Peter Worley
Unthinkable: Could philosophy in the community aid Ireland’s recovery?
The pub is ‘an unrivalled space for civic discussion’, but discussion must lead to action, says an Inishowen community activist
Unthinkable: How much loving are you ethically obliged to do?
Why U2 got it right with ‘Love is Blindness’ and the Beatles got it wrong with ‘All You Need Is Love’
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