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Unrestricted Growth

Traditional economics relies on continual growth, an assumption which made little sense in the 1960s and makes even less sense now. Any plan which requires unrestricted (in effect, infinite) growth on a finite planet is unlikely to succeed. 

Am I Free?

You are not perfectly free - nobody is - but you are sufficiently free. You are sufficiently free to be able to choose how to act and the impact you want your actions to have on others, and you are sufficiently free to take responsibility for your c

Reasonable Misdirection

Stage magicians commonly use misdirection to fool their audience: when they tell you to concentrate on this object or activity, you can be reasonably sure that the real action is taking place elsewhere.  In a similar way, it seems to me that people w

Freedom and Free Will

Introduction

I know that Philosophers do things properly (sometimes, at least...) but, in casual conversations about Free Will, my experience is that most people talk about whether our will is free while assuming we all know what freedom is, and the

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Electoral Reform

Many people feel there is no point in voting, because 'nothing changes' - nothing important. Which is not surprising, because the system we have is designed to resist change. By definition, the current system works for the groups which get, and exp

Freedom and Society

When considering society, you can't usefully talk about freedom purely in the abstract - you need to talk about more specific freedoms: who should be free to do what, and when?

Ukraine: How to End the War

I am suggesting that we should negotiate to give Russia the territory it is demanding, not because I believe Russia should be rewarded for starting this war, but because allowing them to succeed would be the greatest punishment we can inflict on them

Financial Details

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Why a Membership Fee?

Many - probably most - online communities operate without a membership fee, so why are we asking our members to pay for the privilege of participating? There are several reasons. None of this is set in stone, and we welcome feedback, comments and a

Prison

People argue about the purpose of prison (punishment, rehabilitation, deterrence...)

It is clear that prisons are validly described as 'univsersities of crime' - being sent to prison increases the probability of the individual being sent back to pris

American Evangelicalism

Introduction

For a long time, British evangelical Christians have been expressing disquiet about aspects of American evangelicalism.  There have always been theologicial differences between the two groups, but the main difference is that British evan

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Kinds of Freedom

Discussions about freedom often identify two distinct kinds of freedom, often described as 'freedom from' and 'freedom to'; some people identify a third kind of freedom, which can be described as 'freedom to be' - freedom to be yourself, freedom to b

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