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Volume 116 Issue 2 Summer 2001

Features

The Leaving of Afghanistan
Kate Clark on the perils of reporting from Afghanistan
The Democratic Deficity
Roy Brown calls for a return to democracy in the UK
A Godless Environment
Ben Rogers on the morality of environmentalism
The Christian Culture of Death
Robert Ashby, chairman of the BHA, looks at how we leave the world
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.

Cover Stories

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

Culture

Philosophy beneath the clouds
Orlando Radice talks to Nigel Warburton
Holy Relics
What is spiritual? asks Marilyn Mason

Columns

Parliamentary Column
MP Evan Harris on ethics in the chamber
Editorial
Jim Herrick surveys the current issue
God and the Modern Scientist
How can we understand anything? asks Pater Landsberg
Sceptical Spars
Laurie Taylor goes back to school
Thoughts on Animals
Philosopher Julian Baggini asks who should speak for the animals
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
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