General Articles

Justifying Our Moral Judgments

Thomas Dabay combines the ideas of David Hume and Immanuel Kant to help show how we can be right about what’s right.
[Issue 112: February/March 2016]

Why Self-Interest Makes Relationships Valuable

Daniel Tippens argues that our self-interestedness has a positive side after all.
[Issue 112: February/March 2016]

Colin Wilson (1931-2013)

Vaughan Rapatahana remembers the singular English existentialist.
[Issue 112: February/March 2016]

Alfred Tarski (1901-1983)

Alistair MacFarlane thinks through the life of a godfather of logic.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

The Free Will of Ebenezer Scrooge

Richard Kamber considers the possibility of changing destiny.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

Al Qaeda and ISIS: From Revolution to Apocalypse

Audrey Borowski briefs us on the very different ideologies of two superficially similar terrorist organisations.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

When Apes Have Their Day In Court

Shawn Thompson follows legal efforts in the U.S. and Argentina to win rights for apes, exploring arguments about morality and autonomy along the way.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

Wittgenstein & Occam: A Philosophical Conversation

Christian Erbacher and Lu Jiang imagine a meeting between a modern and a medieval philosopher.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

What’s More Important: Freedom, Justice, Happiness, Truth?

The following answers to this categorical question each win a random book.
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

Time: The Big Squeeze

Peter Cave barely avoids being crushed into a singularity. Phew!
[Issue 111: December 2015 / January 2016]

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