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Category Archives: Moral Philosophy

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 […]

Published on
23 January 2012

Violations of Conscience in ‘The Land of the Free’

Posted in Abortion, Civil Liberties, Conscience, Human Life, Human Rights, Liberty, Moral Philosophy

From a guest blogger: Not for the first time has ‘the land of the free’ been a hopelessly wrongheaded epithet with which to label the United States of America. Many developed western nations find themselves embarrassed by histories of racial subjugation and segregation and they are rightly sorry about these records. But slavery is not […]

Published on
20 January 2012

Chivalry, Equality and the Costa Concordia

Posted in Conscience, Culture, Human Rights, Liberty, Marriage & Family, Moral Philosophy, Virtue

From a guest blogger: Some right-of-centre blogs have recently caught the eye. They concern chivalry and the unfortunate running aground of the Costa Concordia. ‘Women and children first used always to be the cry when all else was lost’, is the rough line taken by one commentator. At this point one can assume that whatever […]

Published on
9 January 2012

Why Giving Death a Helping Hand is Never a Good Idea

Posted in Human Life, Moral Philosophy

After the publishing of Lord Falconer’s Report on assisted suicide we here at Blog for All Seasons have collected together some of our older posts on the subject of life and death. While assisted suicide and euthanasia are often presented as distinct concepts we must always consider whether or not a human life qua life […]

Published on
31 October 2011

Democracy, The Good and OccupyLSX

Posted in Civil Liberties, Ethics in Business, Moral Philosophy, Public Policy, World Affairs

From a Guest Blogger: And so we enter another week of the ‘OccupyLSX’ protest outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Once again the protest is in the headlines as not only Dr. Giles Fraser but also the Dean Graeme Knowles have resigned their posts. Meanwhile ‘evil’ capitalists are still beavering away just as ‘feckless’ protestors […]