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Category Archives: Culture

Published on
3 May 2012

Faith in the Public Square

Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Culture, Legal Affairs, Public Policy, Religion

From a guest blogger: Regular readers of this blog will have seen posts over the last year in response to the Government’s decision to hold a consultation on whether to extend marriage to same-sex couples, as well as on developments in marriage law elsewhere. Frequently debate over redefining marriage has produced conflict between mainstream religious […]

Published on
26 April 2012

Colonialism and the Rich: Demonstrations of Bigotry and Virtue

Posted in Culture, Social Commentary, Virtue, World Affairs

Let us consider today matters that have received much press coverage recently, coverage manifesting a dearth of virtue among senior figures in media and government. While politicians are universally acknowledged to be only human, those with positions of great influence should be expected to act virtuously and to set an example to ordinary individuals. […]

Published on
13 April 2012

A Progressive Case Against Same-Sex Marriage

Posted in Culture, Human Rights, Marriage & Family, Same-Sex Marriage

From a guest blogger: During an exchange with a friend earlier this week about the Government’s plans to allow same-sex couples to marry, I objected to his suggestion that support for gay marriage was the province of the political left. After all, the measure has been introduced by a Conservative-led government, enthusiastically supported by the […]

Published on
30 March 2012

A Qualified ‘Well Done’ to Mr. Galloway

Posted in British Politics, Culture

George Galloway, the socialist politician and member of the RESPECT party has won the Bradford by-election by more than 10,000 votes. This has been reported widely as a vote against Labour, but, given the similarities between the three main parties, it might just as well be viewed as a vote against the status quo and […]

Published on
3 February 2012

Democracy, Morality and the Common Good

Posted in Big Society, British Politics, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Culture, Human Rights, Liberty, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion, Virtue

From a guest blogger: A position commonly held by ‘reformers’ in various religious traditions in this country may be summarised roughly in the following lines: If the central authority of a religion is at odds with beliefs held by the majority of that its adherents, the former is duty-bound to reconsider and even to change […]

Published on
30 January 2012

Chimps may be ‘97% Human’, but they’re 0% Homo Sapiens

Posted in Culture, Education, Europe, Freedom, Human Rights, Moral Philosophy, Music & Art, Philosophy, Religion

From a guest blogger: What is it that St. Peter’s Basilica, Climate Change, the Euro Crisis and Beethoven’s Ode to Joy have in common? I shall not keep you guessing. All four demonstrate that humans are not only special, but also without doubt the most special of creatures on Planet Earth. Consider for a moment […]