Paul Russell

Professor of Philosophy, Universities of Lund and British Columbia

Paul Russell is professor of philosophy and director of the Lund|Gothenburg Responsibility Project at Lund University in Sweden. He is also a professor of philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Canada. His latest book is The Limits of Free Will (2017).

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Written by Paul Russell

A painting depicting the Inquisition, with figures in conical hats facing a tribunal in a dark, crowded room.

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Virtues and vices

Vice dressed as virtue

Cruelty and morality seem like polar opposites – until they join forces. Beware those who persecute in the name of principle

Paul Russell

Black-and-white photo of a preacher holding a sign on marriage, while a woman argues with him on a city street surrounded by onlookers.

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Ethics

The limits of tolerance

A religious worldview cannot expect the same kinds of tolerance as racial, gender, or sexual identities. Here’s why

Paul Russell