Academic essays

Mostly tutorial work, but some other pieces too. I also have GitHub repos for my PPE notes and flashcards.

• Are Rousseau’s ‘general will’ and Marx’s ‘dictatorship of the proletariat’ compatible with democracy?
• ‘Speech which spreads hate should never be tolerated.’ Discuss.
• Is liberty, in Mill’s On Liberty, an end or a means to an end?
• What conditions must be met for person A in 1984 to be the same person as person B in 2000?
• Why do voters have stable attachments to political parties?
• Are party systems more the result of social or institutional influences?
• Can a reliable clairvoyant have knowledge?
• What explains the success or failure of particular social movements?
• What explains variations in state capacity?
• Should the existence of extreme human suffering lead a religious believer to abandon their faith?
• Can we draw a sharp distinction between regimes that are democratic and those that are not?
• Are consensus democracies “gentler” than majoritarian ones?
• Does distinguishing amongst regimes based on whether they are presidential, semi-presidential or parliamentary tell us much about political outcomes?
• Is non-determinism necessary for free will?
• What is ‘integrity’? Does utilitarianism threaten it? Is that a bad thing?
• What does Mill have to say about justice and instincts in his Utilitarianism?
• Does rule utilitarianism survive the ‘collapse objection’?
• Automatic Diplomatic
• The Ethics of Effectiveness: Three Crucial Philosophical Considerations