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Review: The Idea Of JusticeCreative Commons Image OECD under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Charles Barclay Roger (Guest)

25 July 2011

The urgency for philosophers to abandon their castles in the air is caught in Amartya Sen's The Idea Of Justice, says Charles Barclay Roger.  Read more : Review: The Idea Of Justice

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We make the cities, and the city makes usCreative Commons Image Al_HikesAZ under CC-BY-NC licence

By Professor Laurie Taylor (Guest), Professor Sophie Watson (The Open University), Professor Matthew Gandy (Guest)

23 May 2011

As Phoenix grows a square mile a day, Eastern European cities are knocking down unwanted housing. Our relationship with cities is increasingly complex...  Read more : We make the cities, and the city makes us

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Trust and the state of natureBBC

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 August 2006

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), perhaps the greatest English political philosopher, argued that life in the state of nature would be, "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"....  Read more : Trust and the state of nature

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The Prisoner's Dilemma in detailBBC

By Sean Crawford (The Open University)

30 August 2006

Sean Crawford explains the Prisoner's dilemma.  Read more : The Prisoner's Dilemma in detail

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On trust and philosophyBBC

By Professor Tom Bailey (Guest)

30 August 2006

On a journey from Plato's Republic to the Mitchell Brothers' Walford, can we use philosophy to understand trust?  Read more : On trust and philosophy

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Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679)Controlled

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

30 August 2006

Introducing the 17th century English thinker and political theorist, Thomas Hobbes:  Read more : Thomas Hobbes (1588 - 1679)

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Hume on trustBBC

By Matt Matravers (Guest)

30 August 2006

Matt Matravers, of the Department of Politics, the University of York, outlines David Hume's approach to the question of trust.  Read more : Hume on trust

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