Issues
Issue 105: November/December 2014
EDITORIAL
Give (Thinking About) Peace A Chance
by David Boersema
NEWS
News: November/December 2014
Be A Stoic For A Week! • DesAutels is Woman Philosopher of 2014 • Brian Leiter Steps Down — News reports by Sue Roberts
WAR & PEACE
Are Human Beings Naturally Violent And Warlike?
David P. Barash says, not necessarily.
Pacifism Is Not Passivism
Duane Cady tells us why pacifism isn’t sitting back and letting the masters of war have their way.
Interpersonal Peace & Refusing Abuse
Jessica Park shares some personal lessons in peace.
Peace, Love, & Happiness
Andrew Fiala asks if it’s possible to have all three at once.
The “Ugliest of Things”?
Anja Steinbauer considers some criticisms of pacifists and pacifism.
ARTICLES
“That Mystery of Mysteries”
Toni Vogel Carey on a forgotten solution to the question of the origin of new species.
How Darwin Ruined My Sex Life
Anika Benkov uncovers a question that’s been left unanswered.
The Key Ideas of Western Philosophy
John Greenbank searches history for answers to persistent questions.
The Fourth Dialogue Between Hylas & Philonous
In 1713 George Berkeley wrote Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous on the nature of reality. Roger Jennings considers how it might have continued…
Atheist In A Foxhole
David Rönnegard asks how a committed atheist confronted with death might find consolation.
William James (1842-1910)
Alistair MacFarlane takes a pragmatic look at the life of an American genius.
How Should Society Be Organised?
The following answers to this vital question each win a semi-random book.
LETTERS
Letters
A Cynical Legacy • Morality Mechanics • Catastrophic Comet Comments • Post Dated • Particular Universal Problems • In Search of a Good ‘Good’ • Exchange of Thought Experiment • Erratum & Addendum
COLUMNS
Emergency Reflections on Political Philosophy
Raymond Tallis exposes a disintegration of democracy.
REVIEWS
A Metaphysics For Freedom by Helen Steward
We exercise free will this issue as Les Reid defends A Metaphysics For Freedom.
Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will by David Hodgson
Brian D. Earp finds that Rationality + Consciousness = Free Will doesn’t add up.
The Moral Countenance of Art
Emrys Westacott asks if we can really tell what it is that films and other art are either condemning or condoning.
CARTOONS
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
You Are Here
by Chris Madden
Bill Stott’s Cartoon
by Bill Stott
FICTION
The Irelefunt
David Swan tells a story of cosmic significance.
A Philosophical Round
by Daryn Green