Posts Tagged ‘philosophy’

Atlas is Shrugging: how Ayn Rand provided the modern language of politics.

Atlas is Shrugging: how Ayn Rand provided the modern language of politics.

Every new generation, it seems, rediscovers Ayn Rand. In an extract from a full piece that will feature in the relaunched The Raconteur magazine later this year, its editor outlines how she has remained relevant – perhaps dangerously so

The moral case for climate change mitigation

The moral case for climate change mitigation

The scientific basis of climate change is under sustained attack, but the compulsion to act is as strong as ever

The moral maze

The moral maze

There is barely an area of social policy that does not have a European Treaty casting a shadow over it

We should do God

We should do God

As the Pope visits the UK, it is timely to emphasise the value of religion in anchoring politics and public life

Progressive government and the next challenge for devolution

Progressive government and the next challenge for devolution

A month in to the new UK government, Wales’ leading Conservatives rates progress that has been made and argues that a watershed in British politics has been reached which will benefit Wales

Bertrand Russell: Philosophy, Made in Wales

Bertrand Russell: Philosophy, Made in Wales

One of the 20th century’s greatest minds also happens to be a Welsh national treasure. So what would Bertrand Russell say about some of the issues facing Wales today?