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Kindness

Last month I talked at Sparks London Story Cafe at the Canal Cafe Theatre in Little Venice on the Kindness of Strangers. I told of how a laundry maid in our hotel in Hanoi happened to notice that my trousers … Continue reading

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Moral motivation

A sudden insight as I read over some works on moral realism today. Some philosophers consider that ethics is based upon feelings and desires. On such a view, it’s easy to explain the link of ethical judgements with action – … Continue reading

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Fit and proper

Neither Rupert nor James Murdoch is a ‘fit and proper person’ to run the media in this country. The Murdochs were either aware, or unaware, of illegal activities at the NOTW. Either of these alternatives is unacceptable; they should have … Continue reading

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taming girls gone wild

I’ve written to both my MP Andrew Smith and to the Home Secretary Theresa May concerning the proposed Girls Gone Wild crew coming to film in Britain. This programme deliberately manipulates an area of ambiguity between consent and its absence … Continue reading

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What a hoot: changing views on the emancipation of women

Back sometime towards the end of the 19th century, my great-grandmother was the first woman in Cardiff to be granted her own license to sell alcohol. Her sister, my great-great aunt, likewise ran her own Cardiff pub. I have heard … Continue reading

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Human Genetics Commission recent report: inconsistencies and new obligations

Human Genetics Commission report Increasing Options, Informing Choice published April 2011 claims that its aim is to increase individual reproductive choice and reproductive autonomy. Yet, within the first two pages it reveals some of the inconsistencies of its thought. A … Continue reading

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