Philosophy Now

Philosophy Now is a magazine for everyone interested in ideas. It isn't afraid to tackle all the major questions of life, the universe and everything. It tries to corrupt innocent citizens by convincing them that philosophy can be exciting, worthwhile and comprehensible, and also to provide some light and enjoyable reading matter for those already ensnared by the muse, such as philosophy students and academics. It contains articles on all aspects of philosophy, plus book reviews, film reviews, news, cartoons, and the occasional short story.

The Politics of Freedom

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News

Philosophy Shorts

Freedom & State Intervention • Audren Layeux follows the doomed quest for state emancipation of the self.

Value Pluralism & Plurality of Choice • Christophe Bruchansky looks at maximising the diversity of choice.

SiMoN & FiNN

The Unfreedom of Liberty • Arianna Marchetti reflects on the limits of political freedom.

EXISTENTIAL COMICS • A comic by Corey Mohler about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world.

The Unclassifiables

On Retributive Punishment • Oliver Waters asks, is retributive justice justified in a modern society?

The Domesticated Foxes of Bastøy • Veronique Aïcha considers the ideology of imprisonment.

On Music • AmirAli Maleki listens to music from an Islamic perspective.

Stoics in Need of Anger Management • David Ashton finds that the Stoic view of anger needs updating.

Philosophical Haiku

Authenticity & Absurdity • Paul Doolan tries to tell them apart.

Doughnut Economics • David Howard on restoring balance to an unstable world.

Interview

Letters

The Epicurean Cure For Life • Massimo Pigliucci takes the philosophy pill.

Books • Jane O’Grady mulls two new books by Thomas Nagel and David McKay enjoys Stuart Jeffries’ lively take on postmodernism. In Classics, Hilarius Bogbinder reviews David Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature.

Everything, All the Time, Everywhere

A Treatise of Human Nature

SpongeBob SquarePants • Richard Snowden-Leak wants to know what the perfect burger tastes like.

Sholem Asch (1880-1957) • Brad Rappaport considers a very philosophical novelist.

What Philosophy Book Should Be Required Reading? • Our readers give their thoughts, each winning a random book to read.

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Atomism & Smallism • Raymond Tallis wonders what the world is made from.

The Black Widow Case • Dave Hangman on a crucial lawsuit taking place the day after tomorrow.