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By Jon Pike (The Open University)

13 April 2012

Jon Pike invites us to take a moment to think philosophically about the sinking of the Titanic on the week of its anniversary   Read more : Epicurus, death and the Titanic

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What is The Social Contract?BBC

By Jon Pike (The Open University)

30 August 2006

The unwritten 'social contract' keeps society functioning, as Jon Pike explains  Read more : What is The Social Contract?

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Political powerProduction team

By Jon Pike (The Open University)

09 August 2005

Philosopher Jon Pike presents Machiavelli's tips for reaching the pinnacle of political power  Read more : Political power

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Aristotle: The Expert ViewProduction team

By Jon Pike (The Open University)

21 October 2004

Jon Pike expains why Aristotle is known as the prince of philosophers.  Read more : Aristotle: The Expert View

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What is 'evil'?photos.com

By Jon Pike (The Open University)

06 August 2000

Anita McNaught played Open Minds host to resident philosopher Jon Pike and special guest Richard Swinburne, Professor of Christian Philosophy at Oxford University to consider...  Read more : What is 'evil'?

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Pike, Jon (2011). Geras on means and ends: the case for a prefigurative constraint. In: de Wijze, Steve and Garrard, Eve eds. Thinking towards Humanity. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, pp. 133–149.

Pike, Jon (2007). Political Philosophy A-Z. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

Pike, Jonathan (1999). From Aristotle to Marx: Aristotelianism in Marxist Social Ontology. Avebury Series in Philosophy. London: Ashgate.

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Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Comment posted by zz925425

23 May 2012

No harm was done to Murdoch, only harm to his memory, and harm to the people who remember him. Read more : Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Political power

Comment posted by zz910883

21 Apr 2012

If it is going to save my life and that of my loved ones, let the leader do the Machiavellian thing. Otherwise, hang him, or at least banish him. Recently, we have had a slew of Western leaders in... Read more : Political power

What is The Social Contract?

Comment posted by zz910883

21 Apr 2012

" Just because my great-great-great-great grandfather made a promise to behave in a certain way, how can that effect me?" Exactly. Here's how, though. If you cross a line, you will be punished for... Read more : What is The Social Contract?

Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Comment posted by zz913789

21 Apr 2012

If you are not persuaded by Epicurus argument about death, you are perfectly free to go ahead and fear it and worry about it, although I fail to see why anyone would deliberately want to. Is it that... Read more : Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Comment posted by zz912231

18 Apr 2012

Epicurus is very clever to point out that we have no reason to fear death since we are alive now and not dead, but when we are dead, we do not experience death so there is nothing for us to fear.... Read more : Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Comment posted by rjh647

14 Apr 2012

I have always taken some small comfort from Epicurus' line on death and I read Jon Pike's article with interest, but i cannot see why he should hold that Epicurus is wrong. Death does not harm us, it... Read more : Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Epicurus, death and the Titanic

Comment posted by zz910883

14 Apr 2012

Did you have to distort Epicurus' while complaining about the distortion of Murdoch? Epicurus did not say that world events that may occur after one's death should be of no concern. After all, he... Read more : Epicurus, death and the Titanic

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Jon Pike has been staff tutor with The Open University since 1998, specialising in political philosophy. His research interests include Marx and the philosophical problems involved in political action and how the theories of rights are applied. He's currently writing a paper on Aristotle and self-ownership.

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