Volume 116 Issue 2 Summer 2001

Cover Story

History and the Enterprise of Knowledge: Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on the battleground of history

Humanist Web: Anybody and their dog can publish on the Web says Dan Bye
Science Studies: Mars comes with a full complement of scientific myths says Stuart Clarke
Parliamentary Column: MP Evan Harris on ethics in the chamber
God and the Modern Scientist: How can we understand anything? asks Pater Landsberg
Editorial: Jim Herrick surveys the current issue
Thinking allowed: In which Laurie Taylor loses god, battles ideology and discovers humanism
Thoughts on Animals: Philosopher Julian Baggini asks who should speak for the animals

The Christian Culture of Death: Robert Ashby, chairman of the BHA, looks at how we leave the world
A Godless Environment: Ben Rogers on the morality of environmentalism
Natural Born Philosophers: Children are natural born philosophers argues Stephen Law
Norwegian Nous: Jim Herrick reports from Oslo on Norwegian humanism
A Human Disaster: Shirley Dent talks to earthquake expert Andy Thompson.
The Leaving of Afghanistan: Kate Clark on the perils of reporting from Afghanistan
The Democratic Deficit: Roy Brown calls for a return to democracy in the UK