Volume 117 Issue 1 Spring 2002

Cover Story

Justice and Revenge: Geoffrey Robertson QC, author of the Justice Game and veteran of many landmark human rights court cases, talks about justice and revenge in the wake of September 11th 2002.

Responsibility and the Storyteller: Philip Pullman, "the most dangerous author in Britain" according to the Mail on Sunday, on story-telling ethics
Humanist Web: Dan Bye looks at ethics on the web.
Rationalism a la mode: The industrial, sexual, political, cultural: all revolutions are covered by Dr D...
Editorial: Jim Herrick considers contemporary moral mazes and ethical enigmas...
Faith or Farce: Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, watched from the sidelines as the House of Commons debated the future of faith schools.
Democracy: Crisis or Cure: Labour MP, Graham Allen thinks that the Prime Minister's presidential style needs curtailing.
Internet Freedom: Sandy Starr argues that internet censorship is choking free speech
Q&A: George Melly: Shirley Dent flirts with George Melly

Mis-Communicating Science: Gill Watson, executive director of the Vega Trust, argues that the best communicators of science are... scientists.
The Meccano Man: Professor Sir Harry Kroto talks to Shirley Dent about humanism, incredible molecules and building a better world.
Biological Birthrights: Jonathan Cowie looks at the potential dangers and benefits of biological enhancement
Science Studies: Stuart Clarke on the importance of bogs
Cloning: a choice for the future: Professor Richard Norman looks at the issues - both fears and hopes - surrounding reproductive cloning.
Outlooks on Enlightenment: Simon Blackburn, Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge University and a member of the Humanist Philosophers' Group, takes a look at the relative merits of relativism, scepticism and humanism
Stifled Steps: Islam and Education: Azam Kamguian argues that progressive education is secular education and that Islamic education is predicated on sexual apartheid.
Insight International: Is Turkey a secular state? asks Matt Cherry