Copy of a letter to a philosophy professor While the standard ways of interpreting things in the modern oppressive ideology decree that a pe...

When I am doing my daily exercise quota on my cross-trainer, I scan the television programmes for moving wallpaper to look at. This has mad...

In theory, removing organs on this basis [presumed consent] can be made to sound humane, but remember the law of unintended consequences. A...

Beethoven's housekeeper Beethoven had a housekeeper. She did the cooking and housekeeping while he composed music. I am sure the moder...

Recent events in the life of Britney Spears provide a telling illustration of how far disrespect for the autonomy of the individual has gone...

Apparently there is a terrible place called "Research Centre for Able Pupils" (RECAP) at Oxford Brookes University. (See article ...

While watching a programme on the Sci-Fi television channel, I was reminded of the syndrome of slanderous misinterpretation which was applie...

The social contract The power of society depends on the power of the lie. The power of the lie is very great. The power of the individual de...

One difference between territorial and tribal morality is that, within a territorial system, a certain number of people may freely choose t...

From the Oxford Times of 12 October: A mother has been given a £1,000 fine – the maximum penalty – for not sending her child to primary sch...