This article is about how we can distinguish between good and bad, between moral and immoral, or between ethical and unethical. When people disagree about the moral status of an action, how can we explore - and maybe resolve - that conflict?
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
A short essay seeking to highlight the issues around the area of identity, identity politics and to ask questions intended to help debate and discussion around this sensitive subject.
One question I regularly hear is: can you be a politician and retain your integrity? Is politics such a dirty game that everyone who plays ends up covered in muck? I think there are three short answers.
* Yes, it is possible to be a politicia