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Category Archives: Human Rights

Published on
30 April 2013

After Dr. Kermit Gosnell the Abortion Debate has come Full Circle

Posted in Abortion, Human Life, Human Rights, Moral Philosophy

We have blogged before about the story of Dr. Kermit Gosnell the Philadelphia-based abortionist arrested for murder but, although his trial is ongoing, and the case against him horrendous news networks paid less than scant attention to the proceedings until 72 congressmen and women wrote to 3 of the largest television channels decrying their lack […]

Published on
4 February 2013

Beyond Gay Marriage

Posted in Human Rights, Marriage & Family, Moral Philosophy, Public Policy, Same-Sex Marriage

As MPs enter the House of Commons this week the press is flush with arguments for and against the proposed new legislation on ‘same-sex marriage’. There has been much talk of whether or not there is public support for this Bill. But, in spite of multiple surveys and polls commissioned across the political, social and […]

Published on
22 November 2012

Religion, Secular Politics and Intelligible Values

Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Culture, Human Rights, Liberty, Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion, Social Commentary, Virtue

Religious experience is, for many sceptical or simply indifferent secularists, something unintelligible. The idea that there is a God who can become a man and forgive sins — even that there is such a thing as God or as sin — is for them unacceptable. Religious people must remember that this is no simple matter […]

Published on
16 August 2012

‘One Nation Under CCTV’ Or Welcome to the Dictatorship of Relativism

Posted in Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Ethics in Business, Freedom, Human Rights, Moral Philosophy, Public Policy, Religion

‘Modernity’, wrote Hegel, ‘is the secularisation of religion’. In many ways this is true of twentieth-century Europe during which we saw one responsibility after another pass from churches into the hands of government. Chief among these was, of course, the Welfare State, but education and moral authority followed not far behind. The last-mentioned is most […]

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
24 February 2012

Sex-Selective Abortion: The Failed Autonomy of Modern Man

Posted in Abortion, British Politics, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Human Life, Human Rights, Moral Philosophy, Social Commentary, Virtue

From a guest blogger: The news that some private abortion clinics in Britain may be carrying out here the sex-selective abortions which are horrifyingly common in parts of Asia is no real surprise to us at Blog for All Seasons. In today’s society each person is seen as an autonomous individual who cannot make authoritative […]

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 […]