New Statesman -

Universities challenged

A C Grayling — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:04:41 GMT

Society needs to have a civilised conversation with itself about its values. But spending cuts threatening the humanities put that in danger.

Conceiving God: the Cognitive Origin and Evolution of Religion

A C Grayling — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 07:11:45 GMT

Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens confront the faithful head-on, but there may be another way to dispel religious beliefs.

The empty name of God

A C Grayling — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:18:40 GMT

'The basic doctrines of the major religions have their roots in the superstitions and fancies of illiterate peasants living several thousand years ago'

Playing God

A C Grayling — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Religious belief is not just a philosophical issue - it divides families and societies. That is why theatre is uniquely placed to explore it

NS Essay - 'If we did anything questionable in the war, we should have the maturity to admit it and learn from it'

A C Grayling — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT

The area bombing of civilians by the Allies in the lead-up to 1945 went beyond the limits of a just war, argues A C Grayling. If historians refuse to accept this, they are irresponsible and wrong

We've never had it so good. It has become fashionable to do down the present - whether because of television, consumerism or political correctness. But did things really used to be so much better? A C Grayling stands up for modern life

A C Grayling — Mon, 23 Jan 2006 12:00:00 GMT

Plato's Children: the state we are in Anthony O'Hear Gibson Square Books, 239pp, �14.99 ISBN 1903933463 The Retreat of Reason: political correctness and the corruption of public debate in modern Britain Anthony Browne Civitas, 94pp, �9.50

Erotic adventures

A C Grayling — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT

Memoirs of My Dead Life George Moore Kessinger Publishing, 312pp, �21.44 ISBN 1417931949

NS Essay - 'Religious radicals want to limit our freedoms, so to curb free speech is to give them exactly what they want'

A C Grayling — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 12:00:00 GMT

After the events of 7 July, the proposed law to criminalise incitement to racial hatred is even more dangerous, argues A C Grayling. Such laws simply provide weapons for all sides to attack each other

NS Profile - Bernard Williams

A C Grayling — Mon, 02 Sep 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Harold Wilson's philosopher of porn is our greatest thinker on ethics, offering a vision of truth as triumphing over all. Bernard Williams profiled by A C Grayling

Fighting is a last resort

A C Grayling — Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Aquinas defined the just war. Few conflicts have ever met his criteria