Back Issues
Issue 44
January/February 2004
EDITORIAL
We’ve Got Issues!
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
THE ISSUES
Shock the Monkey
Confessions of a Rational Animal Liberationist by Jeremy Yunt.
Carbon Copies 
Neill Furr examines the various arguments against human cloning and finds them all flawed. He says we should proceed with caution, but doesn’t think cloning should be banned.
Pax Americana
David Gamez thinks we need to revise the theory of Just Wars to say when it is and when it isn’t permissible to impose utopia by force.
Darwin’s Rottweiler & the Public Understanding of Science
Peter Williams claims that Richard Dawkins is a good writer but a poor logician, and attempts to prove it with examples of some formal fallacies.
OTHER ARTICLES
Zombies Can’t Concentrate
Mary Midgley explains why she doesn’t believe in zombies.
Sartre & Peanuts
Nathan Radke claims that Charlie Brown is an existentialist.
The Gymnasiums of the Mind
Christopher Orlet wanders down literary paths merrily swinging his arms and pondering the happy connection between philosophy and a good brisk walk.
Did the World Have a Beginning?
Mark Goldblatt on a medieval debate with modern echoes.
Richard Taylor Remembered
One of the most colourful and engaging of modern philosophers (and of Philosophy Now contributors) is recalled by Robert Holmes, Barry Gan and Tim Madigan.
OBITUARIES
Edward Said (1935-2003)
by Anat Biletzki
Richard Wollheim (1923-2003)
by Lisa Sangoi
LETTERS
Opinions on the Death Penalty, Philosophy & Divination, the Philosopher as Choreographer, and more...
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers’ questions.
Moral Moments: A Funny Thing About Consciousness
by Joel Marks
Science: What is Philosophy of Science Good For?
The first of occasional columns on science and philosophy by Massimo Pigliucci.
BOOKS
The Power of Ideas by Isaiah Berlin
Antony Flew devours a vastly varied collection of essays by the late Isaiah Berlin.
On Beauty and Being Just by Elaine Scarry
Peter Benson applauds a beautiful book on beauty by Elaine Scarry.
Art and Knowledge by James O. Young
Bob Sharpe takes issue with James Young’s theory about art.
FILMS
Remake
Ellen Klein reviews a poignant and thoughtful film from her adopted home town of Sarajevo – Remake.
PROSE & POETRY
The Contributions of Jeopardy! to Western Philosophy
Ronald Lindsay on a novel, if slightly desperate, way of funding philosophical research.
Planck’s Angels
by Kane S. Latranz