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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

Moral Issues

De-Extinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?

De-Extinction: Bringing Back Beasts or Playing God?

John Kennedy Philip revives the ethical debate around resurrecting species.

Forced Vaccination

Forced Vaccination

Naina Krishnamurthy asks if it’s ethical or egregious.

Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search

Moral Decision-Making for a Job Search

Norman Schultz wonders when working is wrong.

What My Sister Taught Me About Humanity

What My Sister Taught Me About Humanity

Lee Clarke argues that we need a more inclusive view of moral personhood.

Regulars

Challenging Times & Moral Issues
News: October/November 2025

News: October/November 2025

Prizes galore for philosophers worldwide • AI says “All your base are belong to us” • Guilt-prone individuals easy to manipulate — News reports by Anja Steinbauer

Articles

The Mediation of Touch

The Mediation of Touch

A conversation between Emma Jones and Luce Irigaray.

Macmurray on Relationship

Macmurray on Relationship

Jeanne Warren presents aspects of John Macmurray’s philosophy of the personal.

Quantum Physics & Indian Philosophy

Quantum Physics & Indian Philosophy

Punit Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar Varshney look into entangled worlds.

Alchemy, Mining, Speculation & Experimentation

Alchemy, Mining, Speculation & Experimentation

Okan Nurettin Okur investigates the philosophy of chemistry.

Can AI Teach Our Grandmothers To Suck Eggs?

Can AI Teach Our Grandmothers To Suck Eggs?

Louis Tempany wonders whether the problem is with the machines or with us.

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794)

John P. Irish considers some principles of history through the history of a historian.

Columns

Philosophers on Chocolate
Living According To Nature

The Art of Living: Living According To Nature

Massimo Pigliucci goes back to Nature to seek happiness.

Revisiting the Ontological Argument

Tallis in Wonderland: Revisiting the Ontological Argument

Raymond Tallis contends that a definition of God cannot necessitate God’s existence.

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804)

Reviews

Medicine Wheel for the Planet by Jennifer Grenz

Medicine Wheel for the Planet by Jennifer Grenz

Lucy Weir takes a wheel of healing for an intellectual spin.

The Roots of Equality by Lantz Miller

The Roots of Equality by Lantz Miller

Frederik Kaufman examines a theory of the origins of equality.

Irreducible by Federico Faggin

Irreducible by Federico Faggin

Frank S. Robinson doubts a holistic vision of life, the universe, and everything.

Hit Man

Hit Man

Jason Friend and Lauren Friend discuss reprogramming your self.

Fiction

Anselm’s Proof

Anselm’s Proof

by Peter Mullen

The Primates

The Primates

Samantha Neave visits a future where almost all animals have rights.