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the bi-monthly magazine for everyone interested in ideas. Published since 1991, it was the winner of the 2016 Bertrand Russell Society Award. Please look around! You can read four articles free per month. To have complete access to the thousands of philosophy articles on this site

The Human Experience

What Does it Mean to be Human?

What Does it Mean to be Human?

Vikas Beniwal considers some philosophers’ core understandings.

Empathy & Sympathy

Empathy & Sympathy

James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ?

Guilt

Guilt

Michael Breslin considers the place of guilt in a healthy personality.

Love Letter

Love Letter

Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love.

Regulars

Being Human

Editorial: Being Human

by Rick Lewis

News: April/May 2025

News: April/May 2025

Creator of feminist standpoint theory dies • New study: do babies have moral intuitions? • Time travel with chimpanzees — News reports by Anja Steinbauer

Articles

The Philosophy of Pain

The Philosophy of Pain

Vikky Leaney says pain is a problem even (or especially) when we can’t see it.

Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray

Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray

Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking.

The Importance of Nature for Thought

The Importance of Nature for Thought

Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.

Paulo Freire (1921-1997)

Paulo Freire (1921-1997)

Bruno de Oliveira follows a philosopher of liberation through education.

Indigenous Australian Philosophy

Indigenous Australian Philosophy

Ross Naidoo looks at Indigenous thinking through a philosophical lens.

Karma & Human Freedom

Karma & Human Freedom

Utkarsh Chawla tells us why we’re in the moral Goldilocks zone.

Columns

The Goal of Life is Happiness

The Art of Living: The Goal of Life is Happiness

Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools.

A Lifelong Preoccupation

Tallis in Wonderland: A Lifelong Preoccupation

Raymond Tallis recalls a life trying to fathom the chasm between mind and brain.

Reviews

Prague 22 by Raymond Tallis

Prague 22 by Raymond Tallis

Rick Lewis reviews Raymond Tallis’s latest book.

Inner Space Philosophy by James Tartaglia

Inner Space Philosophy by James Tartaglia

Artur Szutta explores inner space with James Tartaglia.

The Ethics of the Climate Crisis by Robin Attfield

The Ethics of the Climate Crisis by Robin Attfield

Lucy Weir thinks about climate ethics with Robin Attfield.

God’s Silence on TV

God’s Silence on TV

Hugh Hamilton looks at how God is presented. Spoilers for the shows Lucifer, Preacher and Supernatural ahead.

Fiction

Art the Redeemer

Art the Redeemer

by Paul Hughes

One More

One More

There is a moral dilemma in store for J.C. Michaels.

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