Our next Socrates Exchange discussion begins! This time we ask we ask “are there ethical limits to biotechnology?” From aspirin to artificial limbs many of us enjoy the benefits of biotechnology, but ...

“SAINT SOCRATES, PRAY for us,” Erasmus remarked in one of his Colloquia. For thousands of years, since his trial and death in 399 BCE, we have seen Socrates as a martyr to truth: doing what the gods ...

Dr Simon Longstaff AO is the Executive Director of The Ethics Centre. While reading Steve Fuller's recent article about philosophy and the academy, my mind whisked me back to some of my earliest days ...

It would be difficult to overestimate the influence of Socrates (470–399BC) on western philosophy. We know that he was the mentor of the young Plato, and we also know that Plato’s writings had deep ...

In “Open Socrates,” the scholar Agnes Callard argues that the ancient Greek philosopher offers a blueprint for an ethical life. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed book ...

Socrates, one of the greatest philosophers of ancient Greece, profoundly shaped the way humans think about life, ethics, and self-awareness. His teachings, preserved through the writings of his ...

There has for some time been considerable discussion in philosophy about the ethical status of corporations and corporate bodies. Those at the head of corporations have, unsurprisingly, lobbied to ...