Issue 1 Winter 1997

Contents

News and Reports

6 News
US Supreme Court rejects philosophers' arguments; Aristotle's Lyceum found; French philosopher turns film maker; plus more.

8 MediaWatch
A selection from clippings about philosophy from newspapers and magazines

Features

9 Philosophers Playing Games
How two teachers are out to revolutionise they way we teach philosophy to children and adults. Interview, plus an introduction to the four types of activity they use.

Essays

12 Cloning and Immortality
Will the technology that enabled scientists to clone a sheep provide us with a route to immortality?

14 Descartes, Hume and Human Nature
A fresh look at how two giants of western philosophy differ in their analysis of human nature.

17 Relativism and the Philosophy of Religious Education
The author argues that current methods for teaching religion in schools by their nature endorse relativism, and offers an alternative that that avoids charges of indoctrination.

Open Debate

19 On What Sexism Is and What It Is Not
A provocative essay, and three sets of objections and replies.

Snapshots

24 Paul Churchland

25 Soren Kierkegaard

Special Feature

26 The Case For Legalised Euthanasia
We reproduce, with a new introduction, the arguments presented to the US Supreme Court by six top US academics in favour of euthanasia.

Underrated, Overlooked

32 The Absolute Idealism of Josiah Royce
Professor Timothy Sprigge on why Joyce's reputation is overdue a rethink.

Forum

34 In Defence of Marx
Fifteen pages of differing perspectives on the relevance of marxist philosophy today.

A Tour Around The Classics: William James

49 The Right To Believe
A new introduction to James' classic defence of religious belief.

52 The Will To Believe
James' seminal work, 100 years old in 1997, republished in full.

The Philosophers' Review

58-60 New Publications Reviewed

Regulars

61 Philosophy@The.Internet

62 Q&A

63 Paradoxes

64 From Our Own Correspondence

66 The Skeptic