Category - morality

Cultivating tough gratitude

Simon Barrow — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:14:21 +0100

Public life demands ‘tough’ corporate attributes rather than what it labels ‘soft’ personal ones – like love and gratitude. Simon Barrow argues that the communal cultivation of loving relation is needed to help redirect the official anonymity of the social order.

Beyond cultural timidity and moral confusion

Jill Segger — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:28:53 +0100

Conformity and concern about image are the enemies of truth, says Jill Segger. Yet they are everywhere in our testosterone-driven culture. Purity of heart enables us to respond to the unconventional or unexpected with integrity, as well as feeding clear-sighted conscience.

Darwin and Philosophy

Jordan Tchilingirian — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:28:50 +0100

Start: 25/06/2009 - 18:30

End: 25/06/2009 - 20:00

Speakers: Dr Tim Lewens, Professor David Papineau
Chair: Dr Simon Glendinning

Moral practice and non-belief

Giles Fraser — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:59:17 +0100

Atheists are often criticising the ethics of religious belief, says Giles Fraser. But do they base their own moral practice too much on what they are against?

BAE Systems 'ethics report' misses the moral point, say activists

staff writers — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:04:49 +0100

Anti-arms trade campaigners say that a new 'ethics' report commissioned by weapons giant BAE Systems will not change public perceptions of the company, following a High Court ruling over investigations into corruption charges.

Secularism and Shared Values

Jordan Tchilingirian — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:56:19 +0100

Start: 03/06/2008 - 18:30

End: 03/06/2008 - 20:00

The global revival of religion has raised fundamental questions about its role in politics and its claim that it serves as a principle of identity, indispensable to the continuing survival of communit

Worrying about 'moral' foreign policy

Giles Fraser — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:55:33 +0000

Talk of 'moral' foreign policy has led to 'liberal interventionism', notes Giles Fraser. And along that path of good intention has lain disaster, as with some 'just war' thinking.

Mundane politics, moral time bombs

Simon Barrow — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:13:58 +0000

Our parliamentary politics is about mediating different interests in a society of strangers, says Simon Barrow. But bioethical decisions confront us with the need to move beyond accommodation and confrontation to moral community.

Civil rights leader says Iraq war has weakened US moral stance

Ecumenical News International — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:23:16 +0000

The United States-led military offensive in Iraq has strengthened its neighbour Iran, and led to a weakening of the moral authority of the United States, US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said during a visit to Britain.

Methodists don't want presidential ad lib at SMU

Simon Barrow — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:33:05 +0100

Andrew J. Weaver: Why Southern Methodist University shouldn't host the Bush library, contrasting the moral and religious legacy of Wesley with the intended figurehead for an SMU endowment.