morality

Outcomes of stigmatising unmarried mothers from magistra 264 days old

[ ... ] about the morality in stigmatising unmarried mothers (and note how it ends up sex-specific again). Also, as has been pointed out, it’s not easy ...

Euthanasia and the slippery slope from magistra 334 days old

I didn’t watch the recent controversial TV programme in which a man with motor neurone disease was filmed as he committed suicide. I haven’t got Sky ...

Five year olds and gay marriage from magistra 355 days old

I’m not sure at what age I would have told L about gay marriage, but I had not planned to when she was only five. A month or so ago, however, the decision ...

Sarah Palin and Theutberga from magistra 434 days old

[ ... ] and political morality. Politicians with lurid private lives (from Lloyd George and Winston Churchill to JFK and Bill Clinton) have nevertheless ...

School choice and morality from magistra 587 days old

Choosing the education for your child is obviously a pedagogic matter and also sometimes an economic one. But it's also often a moral matter, as well, ...

The history of morals and moral history from magistra 626 days old

[ ... ] a historian of morality) is ‘No’. My longer answer starts from the assumption that we’re talking here about the times we’re ...

Does morality have an effect? from magistra 785 days old

I’ve just started turning my thesis into a book on Carolingian masculinity and morality and in the introduction face again answering some of the objections ...

Harry Potter and moral consequences (Warning: lots of spoilers) from magistra 799 days old

[ ... ] linking of morality and outcomes. Every creator of narrative fiction (whether a novelist or a screenwriter/director) is faced with deciding such ...

Chivalry and barbarism from magistra 869 days old

I’ve been reading up on the origins of chivalry and specifically on chivalric conventions in warfare. There’s now a fairly convincing argument by John ...

Speciesm and evolution from magistra 890 days old

I have been thinking on and off a lot about a moral exercise raised by Christine Odone in a recent Observer column. You are on a deserted beach with ...