January 28, 2011
I watched a programme on BBC 4 recently called ‘Justice -a citizens guide‘ by Harvard Professor Michael Sandel who is a political philosopher. It was beyond excellent, even though Sandel is a reluctant communitarian, which I am not. It was the first time in my life I had actually considered what the word ‘Justice’ means, [...]
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January 17, 2011
The shoreline of Autonomy has been under attack for hundreds of years. Perhaps since time immemorial. Yet Autonomy, in its philosophical sense, is the single most important ingredient of our persona which separates us from the animal world. It allows us to make moral choices, not merely the limited choices of necessity. It allows us [...]
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