Don’t tell Ukraine what to do
It is not for aid givers to tell Ukraine what kind of settlement should be accepted. Friends may offer counsel, but they must not dictate.
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Category: Articles & Essays
Hume is still a man for our times
One of our problems today is that we are intolerant of anyone who we think is wrong about something that matters a lot to us. Hume shows us that if instead we seek to understand each other, to converse calmly and intelligently, we will find that we will more easily correct each other’s errors and that more unites us than divides us.
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Should we forgive Boris Johnson?
As the Christian protagonists in this debate know very well, forgiveness is not something that Jesus commanded us to give unconditionally. There is an imperative to offer forgiveness, but for that offer to be taken up, the offender has to play their part.
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Is owning a second home unethical?
The ethics of second-home ownership do not merely concern
the question of whether to own or not. How you use your second home is just as important.
Save the Children’s Children
The audacity necessary for thinking about our long-term future needs to be balanced with a modesty about how much we can know, plan and change.
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