Category: Ethics
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The Garden Party Rebellion: Skullduggery Among the Poisonous Petunias
For years, the Fairfaxes maintained a delicate balance of power through their lethal flora, ensuring compliance from their neighbours with the subtle threat of botanical vengeance. But the village’s patience was wearing thin.
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Behind Closed Doors
It seemed like their entire marriage had been a lie, and the weight of it all felt like a heavy burden on Edward’s shoulders.
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The Nasty Neighbour
Satisfied with the look of alarm on her face, he sped off, feeling a twisted sense of triumph.
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The Morality of Self-Interest
And oh, by the way, freedom cuts both ways – as Rousseau said several centuries ago, one can be ‘forced’ to be ‘free’ – and worse, one can be forced to obey ‘morally’ justified laws that he or she doesn’t like in order to protect the ‘freedom’ of others.
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Spies in the Workplace
Apparently, these employers are under little, if any obligation, to share their tactics or gathered information with their employees and there is almost nothing that the employees can do about it.
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The name of the game is shame?
I don’t know about you, but I often worry about whether by taking poor decisions, I might be making myself bad karma. Mind you, I’m not even certain what karma is, much less how it might work but I’ve always been told that ‘what goes around does come around’ and for the most part, that…
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Hidden Dangers of The Hero’s (mythological) Journey
This weekend, I was privileged to participate in an academic conference, The Talking Sky, hosted by the University of Wales and The Sophia Centre. The purpose of the conference was to explore the cultural aspects of diverse myths inspired by the heavens. Whilst many important points were made, one surfaced time and time again –…
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Will his Russian Intrigue bring Trump Down?
Will the current ‘intrigue’ regarding Trump and Russia ‘bring him down’? _____________________ SUMMARY YES & NO – although clearly Mr Trump has ‘enemies’ (secret or otherwise) in regards to this ‘intrigue’ – enemies who are far stronger than is he – it remains unclear whether they will (or even whether they will try to) damage…
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Power and Promise – Utopian Propaganda & Orwell’s Animal Farm
In the preface to his Ukrainian Edition of Animal Farm, George Orwell says that his reason for writing the novel was to reveal what he believed to be the Soviet myth underlying Socialism – the political and economic model that he wholeheartedly embraced. According to Orwell, nothing had caused greater harm to the Socialist movement…
