Tag: "culture & society"

Is This Some Kind Of Joke?

Tim Madigan laughs at platypi.
[Issue 64: November/December 2007: Books]

If we think carefully about our decisions, we’ll wind up living better lives, right? Jean Kazez asks this question in response to three recent books about happiness.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007: Articles]

Space Exploration: Humanity’s Single Most Important Moral Imperative

Dr E. R. Klein says we should reconsider the value of space exploration and start getting ready to leave the nest.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007: Human Futures]

Human Futures

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 61: May/June 2007: Editorial]

Aristotle’s Email – Or, Friendship In The Cyber Age

Tim Madigan ponders the mysteries of friendship.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007: Food for Thought]

The Western as Philosophy

Revisiting the Western convinces Thomas Wartenberg that historical progress is not just a simple question of good heroically triumphing over evil.
[Issue 61: May/June 2007: Films]

Shakespeare in Hollywood

Francis Akpata argues that Shakespeare would be a film director not a playwright in today’s high-media world.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007: Films]

Frontiers of Justice: Disability, Nationality, Species Membership by Martha Nussbaum

Jean Chambers witnesses Martha Nussbaum raise a high bar for standards of international social justice.
[Issue 60: March/April 2007: Books]

9/11 and World Trade Center

Thomas Wartenberg sees two films about 9-11 and muses that sometimes more than courage is called for.
[Issue 58: November/December 2006: Films]

Hitchcock as Philosopher by Robert J Yanal

Mark Huston looks at Robert Yanal looking at Hitchcock directing philosophy.
[Issue 57: September/October 2006: Books]

...

Tags