In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Philosophy now

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Authenticity & Absurdity
  Paul Doolan tries to tell them apart.
• Doughnut Economics
  David Howard on restoring balance to an unstable world.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.