Killing in War
It is commonly said that "all is fair in love and war": soldiers have the moral right to kill other soldiers in wartime whether or not their cause is just. One reason is that soldiers are permitted...
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The Playful Brain: Venturing to the Limits of Neuroscience
When it comes to mammalian development, play's the thing, as Sue McHale discovers
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Ethics: An Introduction to Moral Philosophy
There is a shortage of books on applied ethics, if not moral philosophy, and this one helps to fill that gap. Its style is that of a chatty lecture, with regular pauses to take notes, deal with...
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The Wolverhampton Tragedy: Death and the 'Respectable' Mr Lawrence
There are an increasing number of opportunities in crime history to expand the often-denigrated genre of the "true crime" book. The long-established popular genre, defined by lurid red and black...
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An Intellectual History of Cannibalism
Simon Blackburn relishes a scholarly dinner date, with anthropophagy as the main course
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BUSINESS AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES- Firms' Objectives and Internal Organisation in a Global Economy: Positive and Normative AnalysisEdited by Luca Lambertini, professor of economics, University of...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 1
Last week, Times Higher Education made a spirited defence of the importance of university research being independent of political or economic goals. The University of Warwick's Steve Fuller supported...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 2
Once again, Times Higher Education privileges the self-proclaimed Institute of Ideas, but "it is a bit rich", as Claire Fox puts it in her fight for "useless knowledge", to "whinge on" about its...
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Academic knowledge must be socially useful 3
The article on David Mitchell reminded me of the parallel Arthur Koestler drew between scientific creativity and the way laughter emerges when incongruous situations are brought together, a process...
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Workers' dilemma 1
The University and College Union's rejection of the 1.5 per cent pay offer for further education augurs ill for the consultation on the 0.5 per cent offer for higher education ("UCU FE members reject...
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Workers' dilemma 2
In his recent opinion article, Bill Wakeham urges employees and students to "understand the financial predicaments of their institutions" ("A united front for the future", 24 September). UCU has been...
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Ripe for reassessment
In his article "Objectionable content" (17 September), Gerald L. Houseman makes some telling points regarding Ayn Rand's Objectivist project. Citing her major novels, Atlas Shrugged and The...
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Long-distance relationship
Royal Holloway, University of London, and St George's, University of London, recently called off their year-long engagement, which promised the higher education marriage (and divorce) from hell ("...
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Night of the long spoons
It was interesting to note G.R. Evans' swift disowning of the term "partnership" when describing Oxbridge's relationship with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology ("'Partner' is not...
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Treason of the intellectuals
It is sad and disappointing when vice-chancellors of distinguished universities choose to endorse league tables ("'Table of tables' offers sector clearer picture", 24 September).Quite apart from the...