Issues
Issue 118: February/March 2017
EDITORIAL
Human Rights & Wrongs
by Rick Lewis
NEWS
News: February/March 2017
Irish President calls for more philosophy in schools • Judge rules on chimpanzee rights • Derek Parfit and Zygmunt Bauman dead — News reports by Anja Steinbauer and Katy Baker
HUMAN RIGHTS
Is There A Human Right To Internet Access?
Jesse Tomalty considers what human rights are and how they’re justified.
Hens, Ducks, & Human Rights In China
Vittorio Bufacchi & Xiao Ouyang discuss some philosophical & linguistic difficulties.
The Absolute In-Practice Human Right Against Torture
Ian Fishback argues that torture should never be allowed in practice.
What Are Human Rights?
Tim Dare considers how far human rights claims can stretch.
The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
I Hate You, My Lovely France!
Hamid Andishan tells us how Sartre, a philosopher of freedom, had problems with the politics of the land of liberté, and how this affected his view of human rights.
Richard Rorty On Rights
Patrícia Fernandes looks at Rorty’s idea for promoting human rights.
ARTICLES
Moral Certainty
Toni Vogel Carey connects the dots.
“Will the real Mr Bowie please stand up?”
Stefán Snævarr explores Derek Parfit’s ideas about the self, and how they might apply to the complex (of) personalities of David Bowie.
The Virtue of Shared Experience
David Rönnegard shares his experience with us.
Rudolf Carnap (1891-1970)
Alistair MacFarlane looks at the possibilities of a logical life.
INTERVIEWS
Anthony Gottlieb
Grant Bartley interviews the historian of Western philosophy and former Economist editor.
LETTERS
Letters
The Views On Nowhere • Metaphysical Foundations • Political Foundations • The Real Trolley Problem • Conspicuous Benevolence • A Possibility of Understanding • Camus Is an Existentialist & De Beauvoir is an Aristotelian • Lifting Logic Beyond the Mundane • All Hail the Haiku
COLUMNS
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
by Terence Green
The Right to Be Poor
Peter Adamson looks into the surprising derivation of the right to property ownership.
Daydreaming In Prague
Seán Moran rambles purposefully about the streets of the Czech city.
An Overdue Appearance of Immanuel Kant
Raymond Tallis introduces a giant of philosophy to Wonderland.
REVIEWS
On Bowie by Simon Critchley
Daryn Green looks, listens, and thinks about the art and philosophy of David Bowie.
A Philosophy of Freedom by Lars Svendsen
Alan Brody thinks about freedom and responsibility with Lars Svendsen.
Lost In Translation
Laura D’Olimpio gazes thoughtfully at a postmodern existential Platonic romance.
CARTOONS
You Are Here
by Chris Madden
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
Bill Stott’s Cartoon
by Bill Stott
FICTION
A Conversation With Simone Weil
Elisabetta Rombi talks social justice and love with the revolutionary philosopher.