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DARMSTADTER'S PHILOSOPHICAL QUIBBLES The Currency of Delayed Reform Premise 1 Approaching ethics on the basis of absolute moral principles should be rejected on the grounds that it leads to "awkward", "unpalatable", "unacceptable", "uncomfortable" and "a...

It is with sadness that Radio National announces that Alan Saunders, presenter of The Philosopher’s Zone passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 5, 2012.
[Vale Alan Saunders]

He will be missed.

Tribute to the Philosophical Alan Saunders

Princess Mononoke Defeats Avatar A thought provoking, if somewhat Manichean review. Avatar: Intransigence and Despair Avatar teaches a poor lesson. ... [It] is tainted from beginning to end with a doomed vision of the future of our species. ... [A species] incapable of learning from [it's] mistakes...