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The Human Experience
Hope: Blessing or Curse?
John Creigan considers whether hope helps us thrive or holds us back.
The Human Experience
What Does it Mean to be Human?
Vikas Beniwal considers some philosophers’ core understandings.
Empathy & Sympathy
James R. Robinson asks, how do they relate, and how do they differ?
Guilt
Michael Breslin considers the place of guilt in a healthy personality.
Love Letter
Nigel Rapport steps towards a cosmopolitan love.
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Regulars
Editorial: Being Human
by Rick Lewis
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
Vikky Leaney says pain is a problem even (or especially) when we can’t see it.
Restoring Our Humanity with John Macmurray
Colin Stott contemplates Macmurray’s reunifying thinking.
The Importance of Nature for Thought
Gerardo Posada considers some of the philosophical benefits of green spaces.
Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
Bruno de Oliveira follows a philosopher of liberation through education.
Indigenous Australian Philosophy
Ross Naidoo looks at Indigenous thinking through a philosophical lens.
Karma & Human Freedom
Utkarsh Chawla tells us why we’re in the moral Goldilocks zone.
Columns
Philosophy Shorts: Philosophers on Smiles
by Matt Qvortrup
Philosophical Haiku: Pyotr Kropotkin (1842-1921)
by Terence Green
The Art of Living: The Goal of Life is Happiness
Massimo Pigliucci surveys the views of ancient schools.
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
Rick Lewis reviews Raymond Tallis’s latest book.
Inner Space Philosophy by James Tartaglia
Artur Szutta explores inner space with James Tartaglia.
The Ethics of the Climate Crisis by Robin Attfield
Lucy Weir thinks about climate ethics with Robin Attfield.
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
by Paul Hughes
