Utilitarianism could still be a viable moral and political theory, although an emphasis on
justice as distributing burdens and benefits has hidden this from current conversations. The …

RM Hare suggested half a century ago:“If philosophers are going to apply ethical theory
successfully to practical issues, they must first have a theory.” 1 Apart from the obvious literal …

The following chapters record an odyssey-the voyage of an aspiring philosopher through the
murky waters of academic life in the 1990s. Steering between the Scylla and Charybdis of …