Philosophers9 Magazine 21 Parkhurst Road London, N22 8JQ "Philosophers' Tel; 020 8889 7041 Pax: 020 8643 1504 Magazine [email protected] www.ph3osophers.co.uk issue nine • winter 2000 • • • Editor' Dr Julian. Baggjni contents Online Editor Dr Jeremy Stangroom NEWS AND FEATURES ESSAYS Events Directory Co-ordinator Dartyl Stafiund 15 NEWS HOUND QUANTUM CONFUSION Subscriptions Eugenics row, thinker of the Christopher Norris UK: 020 7538 8288 millennium and a course Should realists be worried about North America: 800 444 2419 closure quantum mechanics? Seepage 67 for/till details Ciinlriliiilors 8 18 Nick Bostrumjoseph Chandler, David OPINION THE SANTA WAGER Conway, Susan Dwyer,' Wendy Grossman, Brian Leiter's regular column Dennis Shawn Pruitt • Robin Harwood, Salam Hawa, Alan Haworth, Ted Honderich, Mathew Iredale, Sue Johnson, plus guest comment from An argument to satisfy the Tim Lebon, Brian Leiter, Jan Lester, Paul Marilyn Mason doubting child MacDonald, Tony McWalter, Chris Nortis, Dennis O'Keeffe, Claude Pehrson, Christian Peering, Dennis Shawn Pruitt, Conrad Russell, 9 19 Bart Schultz, Kate Sopcr, Jonathan Walmslcy MEDIA WATCH DOOMSDAY SOON? A new look for our survey of Nick Bostrum C.iriiiinis philosophy and philosophers in Have we under-estimated the Shaun William«; the mass media chances that the end is nigh? (.r.ipliic- 11 Jert v Bird, Pipo di Ikessana SHIFTING BELIEF Willi '1 linnU I,I Jeremy Stangroom 1 .aura Charland, Camilla Delsid, Susannah Gill, Analysis of our survey into how Cheryl O'Donoghue, Lori I'cUs. Steve philosophy shapes belief Palmquisr, Bernard Srangroom, Pam Swopc. I K liook Trade Di-iribmion hv Central Books. 99 Wallis Road. 13 London K9 51.N Tel: (120 8986 4»54 VELVET PHILOSOPHERS Julian Baggini North American Distribution h\ The philosophers and the Ingram Periodicals Inc., 1240 Heil Quaker underground universities behind Blvd., La Yersne, T\ 3?086 7000 'lei: (615} 793 5522 the Iron Curtain Doomsday, p19 Printed by DISCUSSION Redwood Books, Kennet Way, Trowbridge, . Wilts BA14 8KN Tel: (01225) 769979 23 Contributors Notes OPEN DEBATE: THE Prospective contributors should contact the MORALITY OF DRUGS editor, for further information or to submit Paul MacDonald ideas. Please do not send unsolicted manu• scripts, except when open submissions are MacDonald replies to your specifically invited. objections to his article in TPM7 All views expressed in The Philosophers' M.igjsine represent those nl tin- .imliui- 28 oi each .n ticle and do IHM iu-ccssaril\ DISCOURSE: THOUGHT icllrii those ol' the editor-, or publisher-,. AND THINKER Michael Ignatieff and Ben TSSN 1354-814X Rogers discuss philosophy and Quantum confusion, p15 biography «SB? contents /5 COVER STORY FORUM THE THINKING VOTER A variety of approaches to exploring the major political ideologies of our time. Full details on page 34 INTERVIEW STUART HAMPSHIRE Julian Baggini ROUND TABLE TED HONDERICH JAN LESTER TONY MCWALTER DENNIS O'KEEFFE KATE SOPER DEBATE:.''' ' .. LIBERTARIANS DAVID CONWAY CONFERENCE BRIEFING ALAN HAWORTH 30 ;: : EXTRACT^:LIBiR^l^M ;: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL Conrad Russell .">'L, Susan Dwyer Christian Perring Philosophers and psychiatrists PRIMERS 57 get together to discuss if evil is DARRYL'S DIARY a case of madness or pure Short articles on the basics Darryl Stafiund moral badness Philosophy events 58 THE PHILOSOPHERS' SNAPSHOTS 62 REVIEW HENRY SIDGWICK Q&A Bart Schultz 51 THOMAS PAINE The questions that really count New publications reviewed Robin Harwood including 63 60 BERTRAND'S BREAK HOBBES: A BIOGRAPHY ETHICS MASTERCLASS Sue Johnson A P Martinich Peter Singer discusses the Jonathan Walmsley classic objections to Concise or cryptic crossword utilitarianism PHILOSOPHY, COMPUTING & 64 THE INTERNET REGULARS Jeremy Stangroom 21 LETTERS [email protected] THE MACINTYRE READER Jeremy Stangroom 66 Ed. Kelvin Knight The best of the web THE SKEPTIC Claude Pehrson Wendy GrossmaPLUnS 22 THE MYTH OF LIBERAL SCI-PHI INDIVIDUALISM Mathew Iredale SUBSCRIPTIONS Colin Bird The evolution of free will Salam Hawa ND BACK 27 S PHILOSOPHY FOR DUMMIES THE CLINIC Tom Morris Tim Lebon Julian Baggini Philosophical counselling TPM SHOP The Philosophers' MagazinelWmter 2000 .