Issues
Issue 138: June/July 2020
EDITORIAL
When Tides of Thought Meet
by Grant Bartley
NEWS
News: June/July 2020
Art exhibition honours Germany’s first African philosopher • Prize for Disagreeing • Latour de France says we can change — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
RELIGION & SECULARISM
Meaning in the Executive Suite
Ken Hines doesn’t succumb to corporate propaganda about meaning.
Einstein & The Rebbe
Ronald Pies sets up a dialogue between science and religion.
Christianity & Homosexuality
Rick Aaron argues that religious recommendations are sometimes unrealistic.
Beyond Humanism?
Robert Griffiths argues that humanist ethics has significant limitations.
Suffering & the Media
Ian Church queries the influence the media has on our perception of evil.
Buddha Travels West
Peter Abbs follows Buddhism’s path towards becoming a Western humanism.
ARTICLES
The Plague & The Plague
Dylan Daniel finds many contemporary resonances in Albert Camus’ novel.
Social Distancing in Solitude
J.R. Davis asks what Thoreau’s experience of isolation can teach us.
Philosophy & The Creation of the Individual
Mark Vernon chronicles a revolution in consciousness.
Et In Arcadia Ego
Vaitsa Giannouli asks philosophical questions about dementia and responsibility.
Those Who Justify Genocide
Michael McManus asks what remains of morality in the face of genocide.
John Locke (1632-1704)
John P. Irish goes into full Locke-down with a titan of philosophy.
LETTERS
Letters
Nietzsche Eternally Revisited • Meaningful Jobs • Stoicism Recycled • Thoughts on Tallis on Thought • Viruswise • Trolley Takes Its Toll • Beauty and the Beast
COLUMNS
Teresa de Ávila (1515-1582)
by Terence Green
Why Minor Figures Can Be Majorly Interesting
Peter Adamson looks at the value of looking at the overlooked.
Corvid Captured
Seán Moran investigates indoor ornithology.
Philosophy in the Time of Plague, Part 1
Raymond Tallis has thoughts whilst handwashing. For Max, who is just discovering his hands.
REVIEWS
The Subject of Experience by Galen Strawson
Bill Meacham subjects Galen Strawson to his critical experience.
The Character Gap by Christian B. Miller
Massimo Pigliucci is frank about human character.
A Few Good Men
Matt Qvortrup casts Tom Cruise as a Kantian and Jack Nicholson as a utilitarian in this Cold War courtroom ethics epic.
CARTOONS
Guto Dias’ Cartoon
by Guto Dias
Harley Schwadron’s Cartoon (1)
by Harley Schwadron
Joana Miranda’s Cartoon
by Joana Miranda
Simon & Finn
by Melissa Felder
The Bakery Effect
by Bofy
Harley Schwadron’s Cartoon (2)
by Harley Schwadron
FICTION
The Power of Argument
Meriel Patrick conducts an infinitely long train of thought.
Taurek & the Drowned Man
by Daniel Galef