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Can Moral Philosophy Teach Us Anything?
December 22, 2000... I Probably to most students of Moral Philosophy there comes a time when they feel a vague sense of dissatisfaction with the whole subject." This is how H. A. Pilchard introduced the problem of his famous 1912 essay "Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake?"(1) Moral philosophy is...

Confronting Relativism.
December 22, 2000... Editor's Note: This essay by William B. Irvine and the subsequent article by Charles Landesman are loosely tied by subject matter. They both address academic dimensions of morality. The former charts from its author's experience in the classroom a landscape of the relativism that prevails...

Either Feminism or Humanity.
December 22, 2000... The President and the Feminists In 1991, during his hearings for nomination to the Supreme Court, Clarence homes was subjected to an inquisition before the entire world without benefit of due process. His alleged offense was having made ribald remarks on various occasions to Anita Hill...

In Defense of Academic Freedom.
December 22, 2000... The University of Ghana, 1962-1965 The defense of academic freedom has been a vital, recurring theme throughout my career, not only in Europe and the United States, but also on the continent of Africa. In the spring of 1962 I was completing an account of my experiences as Secretary...

LETTERS.
December 22, 2000... Frankly Awful To the editor, This letter concerns the article written by Robert Lerner and Althea Nagai titled "Reverse Discrimination by the Numbers," appearing in your summer 2000 issue. I must express my disappointment in the level of scholarship found in that article. I...