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• Too Much Competition is Ruining Sport
  on Aug 5, 2016 in ethics media sport
  Competition is amazing! It is the disruptive engine at the heart of the three key institutional innovations of modernity: market economies, democracy, and science. But despite its glamorous power, competition is not enough. Indeed it can be dangerous...
• Liberalism Insists on the Freedom to Insult Religion
  on Aug 3, 2016 in democracy ethics justice liberalism politics religion society
  Should insulting religion be banned? The reason the idea is still debated in the 21st century is that it has been reframed as a debate within liberalism rather than against it. The arguments set forward by groups such as the Organisation of Islamic...
• What Terrorists Want - and How to Stop Them Getting It
  on Mar 24, 2016 in international relations justice media politics society terrorism war
  Source In order to talk sensibly about terrorism we have to acknowledge its rationality. Set aside the armchair psychologising and Muslim blaming that goes on after every atrocity or ISIS video. That low grade psychobabble turns tragic events into...
• Time to End 'White Privilege'
  on Mar 17, 2016 in justice politics racism United States
  'White privilege' and its cousins have achieved enormous prominence on the American left, from which it now seems to be spreading around the Western world. Rhetorically - as a slogan - it has an undeniable power. But from a moral perspective it is fl...
• The Concept of White Privilege Does More Harm Than Good
  on Mar 17, 2016 in justice politics racism United States
  'White privilege' and its cousins have achieved enormous prominence on the American left, from which it now seems to be spreading around the Western world. Rhetorically - as a slogan - it has an undeniable power. But from a moral perspective it is fl...
• Saving The Planet: Why Cap-and-Trade Is Not Fit For Purpose
  on Feb 4, 2016 in business climate change economics politics
  Guest post by Tadhg Ó Laoghaire  "It's not easy being green"                                                                        -Kermit the Frog A consensus...
• The Brain Gain: Why Smart People Should be Encouraged to Leave Developing Countries
  on Jan 4, 2016 in development economics ethics guest post international relations migration
  Guest post by Denise Coenegracht Skilled workers emigrating from developing countries are good for us, but bad for the developing countries At least, according to the received wisdom. When considering the facts, a different picture emerges. One w...
• This Christmas, give the gift of a blameless life to someone you love
  on Dec 14, 2015 in animal rights business ethics climate change environment ethics
  Do you want to be a good person but find yourself always falling short? It may not be your fault. These days it is difficult to feel like a good person. In fact the more you try, the more you may feel like a failure.  First, the calls on our m...
• Is Home Schooling Morally Defensible?
  on Dec 11, 2015 in America education ethics religion
  Let me start with the obvious. Home schooling is an objectively deficient form of education. It inhibits the development of life skills, such as for negotiating social institutions and employability. It undermines political community, such as by prev...
• Rich countries are not to blame for global warming but they should still pay more to stop it
  on Dec 5, 2015 in climate change empire history international relations justice
  An unfortunate side effect of the moralisation of global warming is the blame game. A large number of people seem to think it makes sense to address the enormous problem of global warming by putting various rich countries on trial for their crimes ag...

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