Issue 32 4th quarter 2005

Contents

Reporter

4 News Hound
News, plus straw poll and mediawatch.

11 Word of Mouse
Games can make war, but not love.

12 Who's Hume?
Why the great Scot is unappreciated in his home country.

14 Omnivore
A new column by Scott McLemee.

15 Limb Loathers
Should healthy limbs be amputated if their owners request it?

Thoughts

18 From 9/11-7/7
After Iraq and London, six writers revisit our 2001 forum.

27 Sci-Phi
Did Popper put his theory into practice?

29 Friends
Mark Vernon wonders if friendship is up to our demands of it.

33 Provocations
Should the war on terror be lower down our list of priorities?

34 Stoic Warriors
Nancy Sherman on modern soldiers and an old ideal.

39 The Secret Jew
Did Wittgenstein have a hidden agenda?

Forum - Social Justice

46 Oliver Letwin
A Conservative view of social justice.

50 The General Will
Tony McWalter looks to Rousseau.

55 Just Association
Norman Geras goes international.

59 Equality
Rethinking what it means to be equal.

64 Democracy
Keith Dowding on the majority v. justice.

68 The Real World
Stuart White gets empirical in Stockport.

Discussion

72 My Philosophy
Joan Bakewell.

74 Open Debate
Your chance to debate affirmative action.

The Lowdown

77 The Directory
Listings of UK and US philosophy organisations.

83 Conceptual Carvery
Distinguishing the necessary and contingent.

78 Snapshot
The lowdown on Peter Singer.

80 Theory of Knowledge
The seventh in a series on epistemology.

Review

84 New books: Blackburn, Hampshire and other worthy destinations.

Last Words

90 Bertrand's Break
Cartoons, quizes and the crossword.

93 Letters
Having your say.

96 The Skeptic
Singing songs is no monkey business.