The Philosophy Discussion Forum

well, here in the UK, in about 1988, they banned handguns from public ownership. Gun crime was about 400 a year, since then gun-crime has declined to about 40,000 reports a year. you figure. 1 criminals feel a lot safer as there are no handguns to face in a burglary. 2. the EU and the channel tunnel...

After the Equality and human rights subject was ended I thought you might like to ponder on this: The problem with Equality, is, unless we are all meticulous and generous with surpluses, somebody has to define, administer and police Equality. The makes a lifetime work for these civil servants of the...

1. What makes the Good Life good? lots of money 2. Who lives the good life? Those with lots of money 3. Can a good individual be a better one?1 Sure, just get lots of MONEY 4. Do we sometimes act out of selfinterest? Yes, gets us lots of MONEY 5. How can we recognize... Ethic-free people get lots of...

Here in the UK, the police lost their ethicality after it was decided that they were institutionally racist. Instead of ethics, they have p-r-o-c-e-e-d-u-r-e-s, which are minutely adhered to and overseen by legions of committees and oversight commissions. Any minute deviation from procedure is heavi...

this kid will be president, or in prison!