General Articles

Off-The-Peg Offspring in the Genetic Supermarket

Colin Gavaghan asks how seriously we should take Gattaca’s dread of genetic screening.
[Issue 22: Winter 1998/99]

Ockham, Hume & Epistemic Wisdom

William Grey launches an all-out attack on the paranormal armed with a couple of razors honed with the whetstone of scepticism.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

Appeal to the Intellectuals of the World

by Obrad Savic
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

The Philosopher as Lover

Continuing our series of personal interpretations of philosophy, Peter Rickman extols the passionate philosopher.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

What’s New in…. Philosophy of Religion

Daniel Hill describes how the work of Alvin Plantinga has revolutionised Philosophy of Religion.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

The discarded Lemon: Kant, prostitution and respect for persons

Timothy J. Madigan thinks Kant’s duty-based ethics could approve of prostitution.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

Virtue ethics and the New Testament

Which matter most: virtues or duties? Bob Harrison thinks the early Christians had the answer.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

What is natural about Natural Rights?

Do Natural Rights exist? Michael Birshan investigates one of the more persistent political assertions of the modern world in this prize-winning essay.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

Drinks & Thinks

More news from the philosophy cafés and pubs, compiled by Bryn Williams.
[Issue 21: Summer/Autumn 1998]

Sick to Death?

Is suicide a disease to be treated, or a choice to be respected? Justin Busch tackles the problem by analysing the concept of disease.
[Issue 20: Spring 1998]

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