Category Archives: Philosophy

Rational Truancy: A Consumer Choice?

Rational decision-making can be described as a process of selecting the best option or course of action based on a careful and logical evaluation of the costs, benefits, and risks associated with each potential choice.1 Rational truants don’t break the law … Continue reading

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Everyone has problems

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A job for life ~ Japanese Style

“We get calls from people crying asking us if they can quit their job,” Shiori Kawamata of the Momuri resignation agency tells reporters in Minato (Tokyo), “and we tell them it’s okay, quitting their job is a labour right. Some … Continue reading

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Should we care about the Unborn?

Life is risky Let us consider a historical example. People living in Nagasaki on the 8th August 1945 were unaware they would be obliterated on the 9th. They had, thus far, been spared the saturation bombing the Americans were inflicting … Continue reading

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Forgiveness

The time for forgiveness has goneGales howl across mountain peaksTrees are bundled to the groundAnimals crushed and left to dieNo-one cares The time for forgiveness has goneFires rage devouring housesSparks a thousand feet highAnd drones admire the sightA wonderful spectacle … Continue reading

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Yes! That’s me

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Selected Quotes from the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill 12th December 2023

James Cleverly (minister) I am confident, and indeed the conversations I have had with the Government’s legal advisers reinforce my belief, that the actions we are taking, while novel and very much pushing at the edge of the envelope, are … Continue reading

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COP28: And Greta said what?

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Chris Rock on Gun Control

The gun lobby always says, well, people need the right to protect their property. Every mass shooting is done by a guy who lives with his mother. I honestly believe you should have to have a mortgage to buy a … Continue reading

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Blaise Pascal: On belief in God

“If I believe in God and life after death and you do not, and if there is no God, we both lose when we die. However, if there is a God, you still lose and I gain everything.”

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