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Continue reading →: Corporate immorality
The recent Post Office scandal has revealed a corporate disregard for what is ethical in favour of maximising profits. The roll out of a computer system called Horizon to thousands of postmasters in the UK was done against the advice of Fujitsu’s engineers who had recommended rewriting the accounting software.…
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Continue reading →: Post Christmas
Life without my phone has been mostly tolerable. I was in no great rush to have the charging port repaired over the holidays, but normal life has resumed and being able to use apps to book taxis, find out about public transport, the weather has become more important. Music took…
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Continue reading →: Close run things
The top tier of world rugby is fighting it out for the rugby world cup. Ireland played brilliantly throughout the contest and came so close in the quarter final match against New Zealand. England’s form had been dreadful in the warmup games and we’re not expected to progress far in…
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Continue reading →: Conflict resolution
Those who think that superior military force can suppress the aspirations of a people who believe they have legitimate claims, are deluding themselves. Those who carry out atrocities in the name of liberation struggles will always incur international condemnation and frequently experience extreme counter measures. Without any attempt at a…
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Continue reading →: Personal identity
My Open University course has started with an interesting discussion about the Self. Am I the same person I was as a child? What makes me that person over time? Locke thought that memory was essential to the linkage, but that memory did not have to be stored in one…
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Continue reading →: Wexford here we come
We have booked a bungalow in Wexford for a short break. My better half likes history and museums so we will be going to the National 1798 Rebellion Centre and the castle at Enniscorthy. I like to play the horses and there are a couple of race meetings on during…
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Continue reading →: Mortality is not for everyone
This year I have lost dear relatives and a long-term friend. This is not going to be a blog about my feelings of grief, because nobody wants to read that. We have all lost loved ones and have to deal with the grief in our own way and in our…
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Continue reading →: OMG there’s a cyclist on the road
It must be galling for motorists to discover that they have to share the road with a form of transport that does not pollute the atmosphere, occupies very little space on the highway, and moves at an annoyingly low speed (i.e. within the speed limits). My own experience as a…
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Continue reading →: Killing people is wrong
That statement looks pretty obvious at first reading, but are there any circumstances when killing is justified? War is the main cause of mass killings ,both civilian and combatants. The reasons to engage in warfare rather than try to sort things out diplomatically may be complex. Aggressors may want to…
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Continue reading →: Gun control
Japan has one of the strictest gun control regulations in the world. There were 177,719 licenced firearms in 2021. In 2022 four people died from shootings, two of the victims were part of an organised crime group. In the USA there were 37,038 gun related deaths (all causes) in 2019,…
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