Following the successful undergraduate conference in June, the special conference proceedings of Critique are now online (link to full PDF – works best on desktop)!

These are the titles of the six essays in this issue. We hope they are of interest to you:

‘An Alternative Approach to Mathematical Ontology’ – Amber Donovan

‘Coercion and Sexual Consent: A Discussion on Legitimacy’ – Kate Fisk

‘The Limits of Dialogue and the Violence in Debate’ – Hannah Frances Morris

‘When, if at all, is assisted dying permissible for psychiatric patients?’ – Alexandra Pallot

‘In what ways, if any, does Evil-Doing differ from Wrong-Doing?’ – Tony Pollard

‘Orwellian Nationalism as the Liberal Democratic Convention’ – Charles H. Smith

Critique is run entirely by undergraduate students at Durham University and is the official journal of the university’s Philosophy Society.

Any and all requests for reproduction of the work contained in the journal should be addressed to dups.critique@gmail.com. Any submissions for consideration in future issues should also be sent to the same address. Criteria for submission of essays is that they are under 5,000 words in length and must have received a first-class (or very high second-class) grade. As for other contributions (poems, short stories etc.) the word limit is the only criteria. The journal is now accepting short-form content for on the forthcoming website, too, details of which can be found on our social media accounts. Be sure to also follow the journal’s Twitter and ‘Like’ us on Facebook for updates on future issues.

We hope you enjoy it! Look out for the Call for Papers next month for our fifth issue.