Category Archives: Conscience

Published on
6 October 2010

The Thin Line Between Equality and Insanity

Posted in British Politics, Conscience, Public Policy, Religion

Way back in 2007 David Cameron announced that a Conservative government would put an end to the ‘compensation culture’ which he claimed had been blighting Britain’s schools. He argued that children need ‘play, adventure and excitement. But, today, fear of litigation means school trips and adventure holidays are abandoned.’ A laudable ambition perhaps, which makes […]

Published on
21 September 2010

Will the Pope Make Britain Sit Up and Think?

Posted in Big Society, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Education, Public Policy, Religion

Conservative Party Co-Chairman Baroness Warsi was reported last week to have pledged that the Coalition Government will ‘restore faith to the heart of Britain’. Her comments came on the eve of the first ever State Visit by a reigning Pope to Britain. During his visit the Pope spoke strongly on several occasions about the role […]

Published on
23 June 2010

McChrystal and Obama: When is it Right to Speak Out Against a Superior?

Posted in Conscience, Military Ethics, United States of America, World Affairs

General McChrystal has done it again. The American military leader in Afghanistan has once more spoken out about his superiors in the media, adding to a chain of escapades in the public arena. He has offered his sincere advice on military policy in Afghanistan to anybody who will listen. This conjures up an age-old conundrum […]

Published on
28 April 2010

Three New, Interesting Articles

Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Education, Liberty, Philosophy, Religion, Understanding Science

Science Versus Religion? The Insights and Oversights of the ‘New Atheists’ — Brad S. Gregory The assertion of the ‘New Atheists’ that the natural sciences somehow oppose all religious truth claims about the natural world is false. These atheists mistakenly treat all religion as one. In fact, some teachings are far superior to other blatantly […]

Published on
10 February 2010

Persecuting Home-Schoolers: A Message to the German Government

Posted in Civil Liberties, Conscience, Education, Europe, Human Rights, Liberty, Marriage & Family, United States of America, World Affairs

A most interesting immigration case in which a judge in Tennessee granted political asylum to a German piano teacher and his family may have dented German-American bilateral relations. The family in question home-schooled its children, which is not generally permitted in Germany. The parents’ determination had had repercussions there: massive fines imposed, police intrusion into […]