Do you sit on the fence? It could be your Irish Mind (but I’m not sure)
For philosopher William Desmond, being Irish is bound up with a ‘sense of doubleness’
Enoch Burke v Glen Hansard: Where is the line when it comes to protest?
There is evidence of shifting attitudes on what constitutes legitimate protest
‘Embrace boredom’ may not be the winning parenting strategy you think
Anyone who uses boredom as a parenting tool is committing child cruelty of sorts. Or, at least, they’re a hypocrite
Stories win elections. So why are some politicians so bad at telling them?
Overconfidence is our enemy. A lesson from ancient Greece can be repurposed today
The Norwegian refusing to row at the World Cup highlights a serious issue
Whatever the situation, you have the power to fold your arms across your chest and say: I’m not going along with this
Ireland vs England in philosophy: Who would win a World Cup of ideas?
Ireland’s contribution to philosophy tends to get overlooked amid patronising commentary about the ‘Celtic soul’
Does your life lack direction? Too much urgency may be to blame
Technology, capitalism and democracy itself seem to be accelerating short-term thinking
More David Attenborough and less Karl Marx would be good for the left
Left-wing parties lack unity on environmental policy as the interests of humans are put ahead of the interests of nature
I don’t want to shoe-shame anyone, but is wearing €500 super shoes on a Parkrun ethical?
Let’s applaud those Parkrun flâneurs in tatty, 10-year-old trainers
Do you take the Peig Sayers or the Friedrich Nietzsche view of life?
Fatalism can be an effective coping mechanism but it’s not good for the world
We need an adult debate on free speech. Some people will be offended
US academic Cass Sunstein, who is visiting Dublin this month, reminds us that college campuses ‘need offensive speech’
Yes, Easter is largely a festival of chocolate. No, that’s not anti-Catholic bias
Catholics are not being persecuted in Ireland but Christian teaching is being ignored - and that’s a pity
Four stories that Albert Camus might choose to tell if he were alive today
Author’s speech 80 years ago, on how ideology is used to excuse or celebrate death, feels suddenly current
Depressed by the news? Be a ‘happy warrior’ - and other tips to raise hope
A warning to pessimists: This column is ‘a no-moan zone’
Pete Hegseth and Pedro Sánchez embody two types of virtue signalling
Unthinkable: Committing publicly to a moral standpoint can change you for the better, or the worse