Issues
Issue 82: January/February 2011
EDITORIAL
W(h)ither Morality?
by Joel Marks
NEWS
News: January/February 2011
Philosophy Day row irks Iran • Mindreading computers • Philodcasts? • French toddlers play with ideas — News reports by Sue Roberts
THE DEATH OF MORALITY
Making An Effort To Understand
David Wong illustrates moral relativism with some telling examples.
Moral Fictionalism
Richard Joyce on what happens when falsehoods are too useful to throw out.
Morality is a Culturally Conditioned Response
Jesse Prinz argues that the source of our moral inclinations is merely cultural.
Morality: The Final Delusion?
Richard Garner says it’s about time we got rid of it.
ARTICLES
Hawking contra Philosophy
Christopher Norris presents a case for the defence.
On The Soul
Mark Goldblatt gets animated about his self.
The Existence of God: Two New Proofs
Lawrence Crocker examines the logic of hope.
What is Liberalism?
Phil Badger guides us through the varieties of liberalism, historical and philosophical.
Why Doesn’t Aristotle Accept My Facebook Friendship Request?
Would Aristotle’s Facebook contacts really be his friends? asks Alan Rolle.
CROSSWORD
Crossword
Our thirty-sixth set of seemingly sorcerous semantics sublimely sorted by Deiradiotes.
LETTERS
Letters
Free Debate • Splitter • Marks’ Manifesto • Russell Reaching Wilson’s Peak • Complementary Letters • Warning Signs • Memorybox • Still God Bothered
COLUMNS
Coulda Woulda Shoulda
by Joel Marks
I Heard The News That Day
Tim Madigan reflects on the murder of John Lennon.
Biological Reasons For Being Cheerful
Raymond Tallis puts an instinctive smile on your face.
REVIEWS
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Emily Anne Parker has a second look at The Second Sex.
The Uses Of Pessimism and the Danger of False Hope by Roger Scruton
Roger Caldwell scrutinizes Scruton.
Cape Fear
Terri Murray observes Scorsese’s battle of moralities.
FICTION
(voices)
Yahia Lababidi’s multiple philosophies speak gently to us.
On Reviving Socrates
by Andrea Nicki