A Bioethics of the Strong

Fixated on autonomy, liberal bioethics forgets its mandate to protect the weak

Moral Imagination Holds the Key

This crisis shows we might be able to overcome political tribalism.

To Mrs Whitaker, with love

The moral philosopher James Mumford remembers his old English teacher

Vexed principles

Conservatives like to talk about personal responsibility. They should define it more carefully.

Constrained by freedom

What do post-liberals want?

THE DANGEROUS PULL OF POLITICAL TRIBALISM

I long to belong. I want a place in the world, a way to appear in public, a context

The botched assisted dying debate

Suppose assisted dying were legalised in Britain tomorrow. How would we measure if that was a successful move or not?

Will technology change the abortion debate?

Maybe viability is the wrong question.

Package-Deal Ethics

Ready, aim, fire, kill. A single shot was all it took.

On Human Rights

Human rights—all things being equal.

How to reform the care home system

The care home residents had been left on the landing in wheelchairs.

In defence of offence

On Tuesday the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) announced a crackdown on gender stereotyping.

This assisted dying bill would be a disaster

We must keep the door firmly closed on euthanasia – even in cases of terminal illness

Blue Labour and its paradoxical peer

Maurice Glasman’s agenda for the common good appeals to both the Right and the Left

Distributism Isn’t Outdated

G.K. Chesterton offers a vision for economic and social change that’s still relevant in the age of the iPhone

Religious Liberty is for Losers

Catholics in Europe found that if they wanted freedom themselves, they must demand it for all. American Christians should take note

Hidden Cornwall

I remember Cornwall for its beaches and ice-cream. But a visit to the county’s largest urban area revealed shocking poverty and violence

Would you intervene?

Presented with the choice after witnessing a man assaulting a woman, I felt compelled to step in. I got more than I bargained for

All the lonely people

The elderly isolation crisis and what to do about it

Parable of the stupid Samaritan

I tried to help a disorientated stranger at a hectic train station. To the irritation of the state’s representatives

Love in the ruins

Taken to a shanty town for drug addicts In Madrid, it feels like I’ve arrived in the tenth circle of hell