[Back to Human Identity]
There is so much talk these days about identity, arguments about whether people should be able to identify in ways that feel natural to themselves, even when it challenges the norms that the majority of society has evolved to accept. I’m thinking here of gender identity. However, perhaps our reactions, positive, negative or ambivalent are merely the tip of the iceberg in…
[Back to Reason, Science and Faith]
I’ve looked up the word ‘faith’ in a few dictionaries, here are a couple of examples.
Oxford language:
1. complete trust of confidence in someone or something.
2. strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof.…
[Back to Improving the World]
Hearts and minds are a very challenging thing to influence! It is clear that, certainly in the West, we are dealing with decades of indoctrination that have resulted in a larger number of people believing in the ethos of the individual rather than the community. Of self interest rather than communal interest.
Ordinary people face an incredible…
[Back to Immigration]
As with many issues, discussions surrounding the issues raised by immigration are often dominated by pragmatic arguments, for example questioning whether we have room for more people, whether we have the resources to support them or whether they will 'damage' the native culture. This short article seeks to raise wider questions which the writer suggests…
