Issue 36 4th quarter 2006

Contents

Reporter

4 News Hound
News, plus straw poll and mediawatch.

13 Omnivore
Scott McLemee on Benjamin Franklin.

14 Iran Mystery
The puzzle of the jailed philosopher.

17 Word of Mouse
Luciano Floridi on keeping customers.

Thoughts

18 Body Talk
Keep fit with Robert Shusterman.

25 Sci-Phi
Agreeing to disagree.

27 Strength of Will
Why not stopping bad habits is rational.

31 Provocations
Thinking what you want to think.

33 Marginalia
The joys of Kant's notes and scribbles.

37 On Flirting
Should you fear the killer-flirt?

41 Blair's Guru
What the prime minister saw in John Macmurray.

Forum - On Poverty

46 Duty to Rescue
Alex Voorhoeve introduces the forum.

49 What we Owe
Jonathan Glover argues for giving much more help than we do.

54 Drop the Guilt
Paul Collier wants a more rational basis for aid.

58 Responsibilities
David Miller unpicks the ambiguities of responsibility.

64 Chinese Miracles
Linda Yueh on what we can learn from China.

68 Do NGOs work?
Putting the credibility of aid to the test.

Discussion

72 Iconoclast
Kenan Malik and Janet Radcliffe Richards debate Peter Singer.

76 My Philosophy
Mylo destroys rock and roll.

80 Terrible Terror
The verdict on Ted Honderich's TV show.

The Lowdown

84 The Directory
Listings of UK and US philosophy organisations.

85 Conceptual Carvery
Fact with value.

82 Snapshot
The lowdown on Martha Nussbaum.

Review

85 New books: gardens, genes, relativism, Mill, poetry.

Last Words

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

94 Letters
You set us straight.

96 The Skeptic
Why sci-phi is not stranger than fiction.