Gender reassignment as a supremely valuable ‘Ground Project’

One of the traditional criticisms of consequentialism (roughly, the view that the right action is that which maximises the good, given a particular theory of value) is Bernard Williams’ contention that consequentialism leaves no room for the personal projects which are supremely important to individuals. These personal projects help to “make life worth living”, [...]

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It burns!

Some of you may remember that I blogged a while back about the rowdy behaviour exhibited by a certain member of Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) at the London Universities Conservative Association (LUCA) Ball.
Well, the individual in question decided that it’d be a good idea for him to send a photo of himself posing in [...]

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A short break

There’ll likely be no more updates on this blog for the next week or so.

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Benefit Scrounging Scum

I came across Benefit Scrounging Scum just now (via the comments over here), and it’s an absolutely excellent blog (though it feels terrible saying that about a blog which documents how hard somebody’s life is. There’s no way of expressing the thought that doesn’t jar though).
She writes:
I am ashamed to tell people I’m in receipt [...]

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Galloway, Religion and Persecution of Homosexuals

Via Harry’s Place comes the news that George Galloway thinks that noted gay rights campaigner (and Green Party parliamentary candidate for Oxford East) Peter Tatchell is a stooge for the Hawks. You can watch Galloway’s first performance here:

and his second performance here:

Galloway’s accusations are obviously ridiculous. [...]

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Banner Poll

Regular readers might have noticed that the custom header at the top of this blog has changed several times in the past week. There are 3 candidates to choose from (one of which is the current banner), and they can be viewed here (1), here (2), and here(3).
I’m leaning towards (3), which is the [...]

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Libertarianism in the UK

I discovered today that there’s actually a UK Libertarian Party. The Party was formed relatively recently at the beginning of this year, and as such I assume shan’t be contesting any wards in the upcoming Local Council Elections (and any other elections in the next few years). Anyhow, it’ll be quite interesting to [...]

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Well done Mr Cameron! (belated Budget post)

I’m afraid I can’t offer any real insights into this year’s Budget, aside from the fact I really didn’t like Alistair Darling’s tie. But my! Look at Cameron’s performance! He absolutely wasted Darling and Brown, and look how red Ed Balls’ face goes when DC thoroughly puts him down.
I’m not normally a [...]

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Anti-religious axe-grinding damages science

This was originally going to be posted when it was actually news. However, an essay on New Labour got in the way, so I’m finishing up the post today. As such, apologies if it feels disjointed or whatever. For those who aren’t Oxford based, ‘Cherwell’ is the most popular student newspaper. [...]

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New blog!

Rather than relegate James’ pimping of his new blog to the comments section, I think it deserves a more prominent position. Of particular interest might be James’ response to anti-Semitic Holocaust Denier David Irving’s invitation to speak at University College Cork, which I had not heard about (and can’t seem to find a Beeb [...]

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