Back Issues
Issue 40
March/April 2003
EDITORIAL
Life Begins at Forty...
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
DEBATE
Euthanasia
Tim Chappell explains "Why Euthanasia is in Nobody's Interest". Joachim Jung's "Withdrawing from Life" challenges Tim Chappell.
ARTICLES
The Complete Logician, or Miss Blackmore's Unspeakable Sin
Mike Alder asks what is wrong with being charmingly illogical.
The Enlightenments
The famous 18th Century Enlightenment was actually different things in different places. Toni Vogel Carey on a tale of several cities.
Earth To Russell
Chad Trainer on the limits of Russell's views on space exploration.
The Distribution Of Power
Lars Elgstam argues for direct democracy and decentralization.
Human Freewill And Divine Predestination
Antony Flew untangles some confusion about David Hume, St Thomas Aquinas and the fiery fate of the damned.
Challenge My Beliefs?
Philosophy instructor Richard Reilly talks to students about questioning God.
Forgotten Philosophers: Herbert Spencer
Tim Delaney on the survival of 'survival of the fittest'.
POETRY
Justifying the Search
by Raymond Tallis
"If good can't prevail"
by Chengde Chen
INTERVIEW
Richard Taylor is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Rochester and an internationally renowned ethicist. Tim Madigan tracked him down to discuss Schopenhauer, metaphysics and the intriguing art of beekeeping.
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers' questions.
Moral Moments: The Beauty and Utility of Logic
by Joel Marks
LETTERS
Opinions on Scapegoating Israel, the Nun's Priest's Choice, Kant and Babies, Home on Mars, and more...
BOOKS
The late John Rawls was a giant of political philosophy; Abdelkader Aoudjit peruses Patrick Hayden's study of his ideas. Meanwhile Glenn Branch ponders Janet Radcliffe Richards' book about the current state of Darwin's revolution.
FILMS
Our film columnist Thomas Wartenberg ponders the pitfalls of cross-cultural coupling as he watches this season's romantic comedy hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding.
SHORT STORY
Double Edge
A short story about academic blackmail by Richard Taylor.