Human Rights & Ethics

Pastafarians gather for a “stand-in” in Turin, 2015

Flying spaghetti monsters

Pastafarians are helping to expose the relationship between religion and the state, with surprisingly serious results

'Outrageous': the story of Section 28

Book review: Outrageous

A new popular history of Section 28 and the struggle in Britain for LGBT rights is enlightening and surprisingly funny.

Protests on the day that Roe vs Wade was repealed

Persecuting pregnancy

The overturning of Roe vs Wade in the United States has created perverse new rights and incentives

Press Club of India

India’s new Emergency

The jailing of fact-checker Mohammed Zubair was the latest in an ongoing assault on free speech in India.

A section of the 'The Arnolfini Portrait' by Jan Van Eyck

Is monogamy morally wrong?

Celebrated as the ideal form of romance, a growing cadre of philosophers argue that monogamy is actually unethical.

Ukrainian women and children refugees at a checkpoint

Turning our backs on the vulnerable

With the passing of the new immigration act and the failures of the Homes for Ukraine scheme, it's becoming increasingly obvious that Britain is avoiding its moral obligations.

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