Professor John Haldane is the J. Newton Rayzor Sr. Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, and has been Professor of Moral Philosophy at St. Andrews University since 1994. He has been Director of the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs since 1984 and is papal advisor to the Vatican. Professor Haldane is also Chair of the Royal Institute of Philosophy in London, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He has published some 200 academic papers in such areas as the history of philosophy, philosophy of the mind, metaphysics, and moral and social philosophy. He is the co-author of Atheism and Theism, which was listed in Blackwell’s “Tomorrow’s Classics” list, and is author of An Intelligent Person’s Guide to Religion. In addition to his academic work, Professor Haldane writes for newspapers and periodicals and appears on radio and television. For several years, he contributed a monthly ‘Credo’ column in The Times, as well as publishing in the Herald, the Sunday Herald and the Scotsman. He is a frequent contributor to BBC Radio.