Back Issues
Issue 46
May/June 2004
EDITORIAL
Trust the People
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
Philosophy and the Mob, Cloned Kittens, Mice with Two Mothers, Philosophy Comes Top in New Zealand
DEMOCRACY
A Ridiculously Brief Overview of Political Philosophy
A five-minute tour of some political thinkers and ideas by Anja Steinbauer.
Plato’s Warning 
Stuart Greenstreet on why global warming won’t be stopped.
Democracy Now
Paul Gregory on How to End Packages and Bundling.
McCarthyism and American Philosophy
John Capps argues that Senator McCarthy’s anti-Communist purges helped positivism to triumph over pragmatism in American universities in the 1950’s.
OTHER ARTICLES
Politeness, Philosophy’s Neglected Companion
Raymond Boisvert extols an under-rated virtue.
Animal Rights, Anthropomorphism & Traumatized Fish
Alistair Robinson examines whether animals can suffer.
Does the Philosophy of Art Have a Mind/Body Problem?
Christopher Perricone says that the short answer is “Yes” and the long answer is this article.
Feminism Wrecked My Yoga Class
Reflections on Critique and Freedom by Karen Kachra.
Newton’s Flaming Laser Sword
Mike Alder explains why mathematicians and scientists don’t like philosophy but do it anyway.
LETTERS
Opinions on Pax Gamez, Fishbones and Excellence, The Spirit of Zapffe, and more...
COLUMNS
Dear Socrates
Our celebrity columnist answers readers’ questions.
Moral Moments: Eight Years Old and Counting
by Joel Marks
Science: The Alleged Fallacies of Evolutionary Theory
In Issue 44, Peter Williams claimed to have found numerous logical fallacies in the writings of Richard Dawkins. His article has provoked this blow-by-blow response from Massimo Pigliucci, Joshua Banta, Christen Bossu, Paula Crouse, Troy Dexter, Kerry Hansknecht and Norris Muth.
BOOKS
The Case Against the Democratic State by Gordon Graham & Democracy, Fascism and the New World Order by Ivo Mosley
What’s so hot about democracy? Edward Ingram considers two books which call it into question.
Eroticism by Georges Bataille
Mark Price uncovers an urgent, thrusting book about love, sex, death and spirituality by Georges Bataille.
FILMS
The Many Passions of the Christ
Our man with the popcorn and the Aramaic phrasebook Thomas Wartenberg explains why so many people have a problem with Mel Gibson’s flay ‘n’ slay epic, and why so many others think it really is the greatest story ever told.
SHORT STORY
Sexual Healing
Another instructive and improving tale by the risque but virtuous Peter Cave.