This year’s BBC Reith Lecturer is Kwame Anthony Appiah, a British-born, Ghanaian-American philosopher, cultural theorist and novelist. Appiah specialises in moral and political philosophy ...

By Kwame Anthony Appiah I’ve recently heard some sharp comments from friends about male authors publishing books under female names. The pseudonyms are sometimes gender-neutral, but in genres ...

Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. SUBSCRIBER-ONLY NEWSLETTER Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on device privacy in relationships. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I’m a 60-year-old man who has been divorced for eight years now. Since my divorce, I have not ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on what parents owe to other parents. By Kwame Anthony Appiah My 15-year-old son recently started dating a girl his age. Her family immigrated to the United ...

By Kwame Anthony Appiah Although I’ve always wanted children, I didn’t meet my husband until I was 40. I had frozen my eggs, but when I tried to use them, it didn’t work out. After three ...