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Should we judge people of past eras for moral failings? 21 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
Whether it's to do with governments or organisations apologising for misdemeaners of previous eras, or debates about the moral record of churches or other relgious organisations (for example -is God ...
Don't leave your paper behind. Really? 16 Aug 2013 | 07:48 pm
On many of the buses I catch in and around Tyneside, there are copies of the free 'paper Metro. which, presumably the bus companies receive an adnvertising payment for allow to be placed on their bus...
The prisoners' dilemma reality is different 11 Aug 2013 | 12:06 am
Actually this is a bit of o big deal: so many bits of economic and sociological thinking are based on this bit of game theory (and I contend it should be ~s' not ~'s so I've corrected the quote): .....
Monogamy evolution -providential ethics 10 Aug 2013 | 01:50 am
Around a quarter of primate species practice monogamy, suggesting that there is a biological background to it. Now, of course, if it was totally driven by instinct it wouldn't be a moral question. So,...
Matthew Fox's open 'Letters to Pope Francis" -a review 9 Aug 2013 | 12:22 pm
This book is basically a series of open letters from Matthew Fox to Pope Francis. I was intrigued, so I got a copy. I have a love-annoyance relationship with Matt Fox's writing: I tend to warm to the ...
Review: Coffee Shop Conversations 31 Jul 2013 | 02:23 pm
This book is one that I now seriously consider recommending to the student Christian groups I'm in touch with whose basis is Evangelical. That's the constituency Jonalyn and Dale Fincher are chiefly w...
Millennials leave church because 30 Jul 2013 | 11:37 pm
This resonated with me: Having been advertised to our whole lives, we millennials have highly sensitive BS meters, and we’re not easily impressed with consumerism or performances.In fact, I would arg...
Trusts not learning -how are they supposed to learn? 30 Jul 2013 | 10:51 pm
This caught my eye because it attributes 'learning' to a corporisation and it does so matter-of-factly. NHS trusts are failing to learn properly from patient complaints, with most needing to make sig...
Did my moral compass just become demagnetised? 29 Jul 2013 | 10:15 pm
I've been watching Continuum and finding it fascinating. The brain-bending to do with whether the future can be changed, the sci-fi fun with tech. But the more I watch, the more it seems I gain sympa...
Research shows Humans aren't natural-born war-mongers 28 Jul 2013 | 01:43 am
This study is not doubt going to come under attack, but I think it has resonance with our experience. In brief, the article Humans Not Predisposed to War, New Study Finds | Common Dreams points up: ...
