Many philosophers, including perhaps most famously G.E. Moore, have argued that morality is non-natural. Here, Paul Kurtz defends the view that it is, in fact, natural and can in fact be justified empirically.

Recent events in the Middle East once again focused attention on the Israel/Palestine issue. In the following article, adapted from his recent book, Ted Honderich controversially defends the Palestinians' moral right to engage in terrorism.

William Hare defends ‘open-mindedness’ against a number of popular attacks.

Richard Creel shares a practical gem of wisdom he discovered in the work of Hegel.

Did those who published the cartoons of Muhammad do something wrong?

The question of the existence (or otherwise) of ‘absolute truths’ has been debated for thousands of years. The position that there are no such truths — relativism — comes in several varieties. In this, the first of two consecutive articles by Alchin, we hear a debate on the most common form of relativism: moral relativism.

Philip Berry examines the case of euthanasia from very close emotional range.

Thinking Tools is a regular feature that introduces tips and pointers on thinking clearly and rigorously.

We can contrast moral relativism, which was discussed in the previous article, with cognitive relativism, which holds that there are no universal truths about the world at all; that the world has no universal characteristics and that there are only different ways of interpreting it. Cognitive relativism is the subject of this article.

Stephen Law has recently argued (Think 9), using a dialogue set on the fictional planet Eth, that traditional belief in God is ‘silly’. Bergmann and Brower argue that theists on Earth should not be convinced.

In a recent issue of Think, Brenda Watson suggested that atheism is also a ‘faith position’. Here, Piers Benn looks more closely at this often-made suggestion.

The ‘Problem of Evil’ has been the focus of a number of articles in Think. Here, Timothy Chambers offers an unusual perspective on this seemingly intractable difficulty facing theists.

‘Did not I weep for him whose day was hard? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? But when I looked for good, evil came; and when I waited for light, darkness came.’

In issue 12 of Think, Rodney Holder developed a version of the fine-tuning argument for the existence of God, claiming that certain features of our universe make the probability that God exists high. Here, Dene Bebbington responds.

John Stuart Mill was born two hundred years ago, on 20th May, 1806. He died on 7th May 1873. Peter Cave brings to life some of the thinking of this outstanding philosopher.

Should we always proportion belief to the available evidence? Scott Aikin believes so.

We are often warned against stepping onto ‘slippery slopes’ — dangerously slick slides leading down to where the really bad stuff lies. But, as Arthur Miller here explains, these warnings often exaggerate the risk of a slip.

Here is an unusual and intriguing philosophical response to current concerns about global warming.