Ethics

Yuval Noah Harari has written another long book with little wisdom

It is not cruel to fear the consequences of legalising assisted dying

Opaque standards committees are putting British public life in a stranglehold

People who have enabled falsehoods and abuse cannot take credit for civilisational advances

Questionable benefits were emphasised above obvious and dramatic harms

Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place

Moral philosophy, the individual and the future

Opera directors are utilising programme books to purvey their moral and ethical wisdom

You can’t take a stand if you don’t know where you stand