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Continue reading →: Life is sweet
Life certainly feels sweet living in a newly renovated house with lovely neighbours in a country of culture and oodles of natural beauty. These privileges are not lost on me. My studies currently make me even more aware of the disparity between my lifestyle and those of people living in…
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Continue reading →: Earth belongs to everyone
Global Justice means that rights apply equally around the world. Nation states may engage in the struggle for economic dominance, world religions may try to impose their beliefs and code of ethics on others and wars continue to break out over territorial claims. But a recognition that being born into…
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Continue reading →: Monday closing
I often forget that La Bottega closes on Mondays, as do the bars on the Lisburn Road and the Ulster Museum. Luckily there’s no shortage of places serving good coffee in Belfast. Today I joined Richard, a former colleague, at Sojourn for a coffee and a catch-up. In town later…
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Continue reading →: Garrett Hardin – a curious opinion
It was easy to understand Peter Singer’s moral imperative to rescue a drowning child from a pond and, by analogy to see the moral obligation to do what we can to prevent starvation in distant parts of the globe. A different viewpoint is expressed by Garrett Hardin in a contentious…
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Continue reading →: Sofa so good
After a good deal of wandering around furniture shops we have now purchased enough items to furnish our bedroom and the open plan ground floor. The large oak table was the hardest decision. We ended up getting a table built for us. The choice of sofa was tricky. We ordered…
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Continue reading →: Global advantage
The globally advantaged use their superior position to influence the rules that govern international institutions – such as trade practices – which can facilitate further opportunities for increased advantage. The globally advantaged can threaten the abilities of others in distant lands to lead decent lives. (Pogge 2008.) Does this ring…
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Continue reading →: Authentic Italian
I love La Bottega, the Italian restaurant on the Lisburn Road in Belfast. Everything about it is authentically Italian, the music, the espresso, the menu and the charming owner, Francesco. When I have finished studying philosophy I occasionally reward myself with something to eat. It might just be bread with…
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Continue reading →: Getting older
Having clocked up my three score years and ten, I feel entitled to my senior citizen travel card and any other concessions going. The aching hips, knees and shoulders are brief inconveniences, usually first thing in the morning. I have always had trouble with my teeth because of an inherited…
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Continue reading →: Just war?
The two superpowers have embarked on wars that have involved neighbouring countries. The Russian invasion of Ukraine brought about the military support of the EU. Donald Trump as peacemaker in negotiations between Zelensky and Putin has failed to reach an acceptable compromise. Why would the invaded nation concede territory to…
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