Thoughts and not beliefs, with the occasional wild speculation
The UK has recently witnessed a surge of violence and unrest following the tragic murder of three young girls by a young man later identified as black. Prior to his identification, far-right extremists seized upon the incident to stoke racial tensions, falsely portraying the perpetrator as a Muslim asylum seeker. In reality, the youth, is …
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When creativity and appreciation of beauty are expressed through an act of violence and destruction, you know something is terribly wrong. In her novel The Fountainhead, Ayn Rand’s leading lady Dominique Francon hurls a beloved statue to its destruction from a high-rise window. In a state of turmoil and ecstasy, she explains that she could …
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Aside from the inherent subjectivity and potential bias in self-declared moral superiority, there are also very sound philosophical grounds for rejecting any such claim. [Note: Since writing, the number of Palestinian civilians massacred during the freeing of 4 Israeli captives rose from 100 to 274. Sadly, this makes the arguments below even more pertinent and …
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A small respite from the news. A breath of tranquillity with science and philosophy… Why is there something rather than nothing? We have been barking up the wrong tree asking this question, which Leibniz calls the PEQ – the Primordial Existential Question. As Bede Rundle says, the right question is why would there be nothing …
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There is real news, fake news and now hypothetical news. Hypothetical news is a “what-if” sort of news that presents a would-be reality were the facts to be different or the truth be told. It is distinct from fake news, in that it does not aim to deceive but to simply showcase arguments by presenting …
Here is an interesting analogy between the unequal sharing of food at a dinner and the trolley problem, highlighting the ethical dilemma of wealth inequality and exploitation. Consider a grand dinner where representatives from all walks of life gather. When asked if it would be justifiable for someone to deny others the best foods, a …
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Private medicine, which denies healthcare to those who cannot pay, is not consistent with the Hippocratic oath that doctors take to do no harm. How does the Hippocratic oath square with private medicine? Are not doctors who work for a system that denies healthcare to those unable to pay, doing harm? It surely harms people …