The Language of Morality

One difficulty when we try to talk about morality is the language: there are various terms we can use, but they are all ambiguous and problematic in various ways. It seems there is a difference between 'moral' and 'ethical', but the difference is no

Eye in the Sky - Ethics and Morality

MORALITY - Eye in the Sky - Film - Drone Strike - ethical issues

The film I referred to on Thursday was 'Eye in the Sky' - Helen Mirren one of the leading actors

The ethical issue was whether a drone strike should be completed to 'take out' a terrorris

What Do We Mean By Morality?

When we say that something is immoral, are we only saying, as some people suggest, that we disapprove of it? Is morality just a statement of personal or group preference? And, if not, then what is it?

Morality

Ukraine: Ending the War, April 2025

Every war comes to an end, one way or another. At the moment, the most plausible option is that economic problems, along with the social unrest caused by these problems, will turn the people away from Putin.

Thirty Years in the NHS: a Community Psychiatric Nurse's view

What I will talk about are issues such as community care, funding, management, and nurse education.

Reforming the NHS

Almost everybody agrees that the UK National Health Service (NHS) is in need of radical reform, so let's start to spell out what that reform might look like. Other countries manage to deliver prompt and effective healthcare: it's not impossible. Bu

Population Demographics

Today, most of the world has a birthrate which is below the replacement level: we have populations which are ageing, with increasing numbers of pensioners and decreasing numbers of working age people to support them. And we have an economic system w

A Peace Deal for Ukraine

On the campaign trail, Trump promised to end the Ukraine war within 24 hours of taking office. This was clearly never going to happen but, as I said (probably, far too often), ending the war was one promise I believed he was able to keep. The war i

Actually I don’t think Trump is All That Bad Really

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Well, he is certainly pretty bad, but sometimes a knee-jerk reaction is unhelpful, and the opposition (lets call them the liberals, which is what MAGA supporters call them) can be just as unthinking. After all, at least two of

Genocide: Remembering is Not Enough

If we want to prevent future genocide, it seems to me that memory is just the first stage: we also need to understand what happened, and then act to prevent it from happening again – we need to understand the many genocides, with all their varying de

When What I Want Is Not What They Do

What do we do when other people do not do what we want them to do? What follows are some thoughts which may be helpful.

A Christian Manifesto

How do we build a church where people grow in love? We integrate faith and life into a coherent whole by combining relevant teaching from a Biblical perspective with prophetic action from a place of Spirit-filled rest.

Christianity: Unity in Diversity

The unity of the Body of Christ is central to our identity and therefore to our activity: there is only one Body, so we need to learn how to live in the light of this truth. We are all part of one Body, but that Body is made of many different parts;

Power Over People

Where does power lie in the modern world? We need to know. Quite often, we need to know in order to survive, to navigate the ever-changing challenges life throws at us. And we need to know if we want to change the world, to make it a better place.

Christianity: Words, Works and Wonders

If you want to follow Jesus, if you accept Him as your Lord, then you must listen to Him, you must hear and understand His words; you must put His words into practice, and demonstrate His love to everyone, the way He tells you to; and you must know t

Christianity: the Great Commission

We are called to be disciples, but not disciples of the Apostles – those first disciples. We, like them, are called both to be and to build disciples of Jesus. We, like them, are to teach what Jesus commanded – no more, and no less. This movement mus

Online Safety

In recent years, increasingly large areas of our lives depend upon the Internet - either in part, or entirely. It seems inevitable that this trend will continue. Governments and businesses are providing services through the Internet, and offline al

Assisted Dying: the November 2024 Bill

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Introduction

On 16 October 2024, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater presented a Private Members’ Bill to Parliament, the "Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill 2024-25". The long title states it will “allow adults who are terminall

Why Don't People Join the Church?

I talk with a lot of people, and - possibly as a consequence - I am asked this question on a fairly regular basis: why don't people join the church? On the basis of no formal research whatsoever, but simply looking back at conversations over the pas

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