Tag: "animals & human beings"

Avatar vs Mononoke

Alejandra Mancilla compares two films’ views on ecology.
[Issue 85: July/August 2011: Films]

An Introduction To Incontinental Philosophy

Raymond Tallis extracts some principles.
[Issue 85: July/August 2011: Tallis in Wonderland]

“Can Animals Think?”: Talking Philosophy With Children

Robert Fisher finds wisdom in the mouths of infants.
[Issue 84: May/June 2011: Philosophy & Children]

Who Or What Am I?

The following answers to the question of the self each win a random book.
[Issue 84: May/June 2011: Question of the Month]

Wild Justice by Marc Bekoff & Jessica Pierce

Sherrie Lyons judges Marc Bekoff and Jessica Pierce on animal legal rights.
[Issue 79: June/July 2010: Books]

Why Animal Suffering Matters by Andrew Linzey

Joel Marks finds Andrew Linzey being kind to animals.
[Issue 77: February/March 2010: Books]

Animal Lab

Liz Stillwaggon Swan hears the mice and cats run for the hills, quietly.
[Issue 76: November/December 2009: Fiction]

Nature Ethics: An Ecofeminist Perspective by Marti Kheel

Lisa Kemmerer analyses a feminist analysis of hunting.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009: Books]

The Dragon: Memes, Culture and Evolution

In a follow-up to last issue’s focus on Darwin, we have two articles looking at memes, supposed ‘units of cultural transmission’. First, Daria Sugorakova explores the concept of memes by pondering how the idea of dragons evolved.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Articles]

Contemplating Colobus

Dawn Starin reports on the state of colobus civilization in a small Gambian forest.
[Issue 72: March/April 2009: Articles]