Issue Five" Winter 1999

Contents

NEWS AND REPORTS

6 NEWS The world's favourite philosopher, the analytic top 100 plus more.

9 OPINION Brian Leiter's regular column plus Roy A. Jackson tackles the Pope.

10 MEDIA WATCH Hedgehogs, Hands and Hunting.

fEATUR.ES

12 THE NAZI LEGACY Hans-Joachim Niemann How Germany's fear of euthanasia led to the resignation of a humane philosopher.

14 SOCRATES IN PRACTICE Sule Elkatip Can business people learn from Socratic Dialogue?

ESSAYS

17 GHOSTS AND MINDS Michael LaBossiere We all know what ghosts are, but are there philosophical reasons for believing they could really exist?

19 INJUSTICE Thomas W. Simon Simon argues that before we strive for justice, first we must remove injustice.

21 UNLIKELY PHILOSOPHY: THE MILLENNIUM DOME Simon Walter The true significance of the Dome and its contents.

PRunERS Short articles that set out the basics.

28 SARTRE'SEXISTENTIAL HUMANISM Jeff Mason The second part of a look at Sartre's Existentialism as a Humanism, examines Sartrean ethics.

30 SNAPSHOTS JOHN LOCKE Jonathan Walmsley DAVID HUME Peter Fos.l

32 RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE Roy A. Jackson The series on classic problems in the philosophy of religion continues.