In this issue we look closely at the issue of good without god. Can there be moral goodness – and moral badness – if there is no god? Can we possess knowledge of what is good and bad without god's help? Will we be good without god's help and/or the threat of divine reward or punishment? These are perennial questions. Here, some of the country's leading philosophers take sides, beginning with Professor Richard Swinburne.

This issue also contains an exchange between Brian Klug and Tamar Meisels on the issue of Israel and anti-semitism. Many critics of Israel are accused of anti-semitism. Is the charge at all justified? Klug and Meisels take a closer look …