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editorial
Ends, Means & Slippery Slopes by Gary Bauslaugh

Sometimes the end may justify the means, but not when George Bush lies to the American people to justify the invasion of Iraq.

tribute
Blodwen & Joe Piercy by Penny Sanger

Sanger remembers the Piercys.

letters from our readers
Letters

the world around us
the world around us

feature

Seeds: a dialogue on Gandhi’s account of means & ends by Trudy Govier

Govier writes a contemporary dialogue on Ghandi’s account of ends and means.

Ends, Means & Situation Ethics:
when violence is justifiable by Prakash Narain

Gandhi’s Letters to Hitler: 1939, 1941 (historical)

essay

Civilization in Crisis, part 2:
seeking a better direction for a post-Christian society by Henry Beissel

Part 2 of Beissel’s far-ranging “inquiry in search of a future.”

departments

practical philosophy
Problems with False Dichotomies by Trudy Govier

There are almost always more than two choices; reality does not divide itself up so neatly.

things that go bump
Magical Thinking by James Alcock

Alcock lays the groundwork for his regular column, in which he will look for rational explanations for the things we observe in the world.

books
Warrior Politics reviewed by Ian Johnston

Johnston reviews Robert D Kaplan’s book Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethos.

films
Iran’s Remarkable National Cinema by Shirley Goldberg

As Goldberg says, looking “through this cinematic window, we certainly don’t see George Bush’s ‘Axis of Evil.’”