How will the survey turn out? I honestly don't know. Political prognostication is a game I prefer not to play, as a rule. But recent developments suggest that what once seemed like a sure bet may not be such a foregone conclusion, after all ...Do read on ...
Month: September 2017
They Warned Us There’d Be Hate
Well, it’s happened. They warned us. Ever since Tony Abbott announced a plebiscite on same-sex marriage in Australia, opponents have hysterically warned that it would unleash a tidal wave of hatred and bigotry. And they were right. They just forgot to tell us that it would be them. Do read on ...
The Moral Cognitive Dissonance of Right-To-Die
This is another article that seeks less to argue a normative position on the issue at hand - euthanasia - than to point out a lack of clarity that clouds the central debate. Suicide and euthanasia are objectively the same thing. The moral equivalence is another matter. Yet many people, right-to-die advocates especially, refuse to concede even their objective equivalence. Such a lack of clarity makes informed judgement on this critically important issue impossible. Do read on ...
Of Curmudgeonly Interest – 23 September 2017
Oops. It's been a while since I've done one of these. In fact, I've been unforgivably slack with the blog, I know. I have been busy, writing regularly. I'll update with some of my recent articles over the next few days. Just two items for this week, and very long ones, but well worth your time. Do read on ...
A Devil's Curmudgeon 