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News: December 2002 / January 2003

Oxfam in Royalties Row • Worm Wins Nobel Prize • Lakatos Recording Put Online • Scientist Aims to Create Artificial Life

Oxfam Shuns Money from Philosopher’s Book

An almighty public row has erupted between the charity Oxfam and Canadian-born philosopher Ted Honderich. Honderich, formerly Grote Professor of Philosophy at University College London, recently wrote a book called After the Terror. In it he links the West’s neglect of Third World poverty to the September 11 terrorism. (The main argument is summarized by Honderich in his article in this issue of Philosophy Now – see p.32).

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