Reviews: Books

Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering by Scott Samuelson

Doug Phillips arms us against the slings and arrows, as he tries to find a point to pointless suffering.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023]

The Monarchy of Fear by Martha Nussbaum

Chad Trainer explores the politics of fear with Martha Nussbaum.
[Issue 153: December 2022 / January 2023]

The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber

We descend from the divine to the human as Peter Stone reasons about the purpose and uniqueness of human reason.
[Issue 152: October/November 2022]

The Ahuman Manifesto by Patricia MacCormack

Stephen Alexander is against a work against humanity.
[Issue 152: October/November 2022]

Metaphysical Animals by Clare Mac Cumhaill & Rachael Wiseman and The Women Are Up to Something by Benjamin Lipscomb

Katie Barron look at two books on four famous female philosophers and friends.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

The Life Inside by Andy West

Amna Whiston looks at a book on the liberating experience of teaching philosophy in prison.
[Issue 151: August/September 2022]

How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson

Vincent Di Norcia thinks about Roman Emperors.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Why Does Inequality Matter? by T.M. Scanlon

Peter Stone gives good reasons why inequality is bad.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Organicity: Entropy or Evolution by David Dobereiner

Alan Shepherd scrutinises a new vision of society.
[Issue 150: June/July 2022]

Freedom: An Impossible Reality by Raymond Tallis

This issue we consider ultimate human realities as Raymond Tallis has the intention of proving free will.
[Issue 149: April/May 2022]

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