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Embracing your ego — Part I: How important are you?

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You, me…we’re all selfish. So what?

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The UK honours system must evolve

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To use a personal title is to accept inequality — Part III: The ruling upper class

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To use a personal title is to accept inequality — Part II: Academia

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To use a personal title is to accept inequality — Part I: Gender

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Post-fact politics: Why the truth should govern us

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Celebrity culture – Part II: Rotten to the core

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Celebrity culture – Part I: The attention seekers

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Vegan FAQs

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Life without religion

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Disney’s The Lion King and the misuse of ‘good’ and ‘evil’

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Conformity: The human identity crisis

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Jeremy Kyle, the real scum of The Jeremy Kyle Show

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Football: Why are we obsessed?

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From working class to middle class: My story

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Vegetarianism, independent thinking, and empowering the mind

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Loose lips: When does free speech become hate speech?

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Is free expression, through art in pop culture, a danger to society?

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Morality and the Mormon Church

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Christians in Science (CiS): Part 2 – Star of Bethlehem: The Myth and the Reality

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Christians in Science (CiS): Part 1 – An Introduction

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The BBC Big Questions, a too familiar showcase of ineffectualness

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An Introduction to Christianity and Catholicism in Brazil

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House of Lords reform – Continued

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The Higgs boson: More than a triumph for science

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Bishops set to maintain anti-democratic seats (UK)

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    Society

    Embracing your ego — Part I: How important are you?

    By James Clark Ross This is the first article of a two-part series on human ego. Part I focuses on the unwavering truth of ego’s existence in every individual. ‘Ego’, Latin…

    March 21, 2018
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    Society

    You, me…we’re all selfish. So what?

    By James Clark Ross Born, live—reproduce—die: every action, all behaviour, is underpinned by this primordial paradigm. Behind each thought, no matter the façade, your fundamental endeavour is to achieve the amoral…

    February 5, 2018
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    The UK honours system must evolve

    By James Clark Ross Recently I investigated peerage in the UK, a legal system of hereditary and lifetime titles for aristocrats, who dominate land ‘ownership’ and wield undemocratic powers in the House…

    December 28, 2017
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    To use a personal title is to accept inequality — Part III: The ruling upper class

    Pictured from left to right: ‘Duchess of Cornwall’; ‘Prince of Wales’, ‘Duke of Cornwall’, or ‘Duke of Rothesay’; ‘Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand’ or ‘Head of…

    December 19, 2017
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    To use a personal title is to accept inequality — Part II: Academia

    By James Clark Ross This is the second article of a three-part series. Part I: Sexism can be found here. Academia is essential to a progressive society. The fundamental aspiration to…

    December 14, 2017
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    To use a personal title is to accept inequality — Part I: Gender

    By James Clark Ross This is the first article of a three-part series on the application of all personal titles.   Frequently we choose to address each other with prefixes and…

    November 20, 2017
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    Post-fact politics: Why the truth should govern us

    By James Clark Ross Facts empower us to make objective decisions for our own good: for society and for ourselves. However, facts aren’t always available to us nor are they always…

    July 3, 2017
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    Celebrity culture – Part II: Rotten to the core

    Feature image: ‘The Work’ by O O.   By James Clark Ross Through the medium of celebrity culture we feed into a consumerist and self-serving industry for the benefit of self-centred…

    February 27, 2017
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    Celebrity culture – Part I: The attention seekers

    Isn’t it curious how we can be utterly engrossed by people who lead completely intangible lives to ours? Lives that permeate what we see, what we hear, and what we read.…

    February 1, 2017
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    Vegan FAQs

    By James Clark Ross Hello, mate. Are you busy? Can we have a quick chat? Just about veganism. Excellent. Look, I completely understand that you’re curious when it comes to my…

    November 28, 2016
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    Religion

    Life without religion

    Morality, value, and purpose without God…

    October 2, 2016
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    Media

    Disney’s The Lion King and the misuse of ‘good’ and ‘evil’

    By James Clark Ross Disney’s The Lion King (1994) undoubtedly is a classic animated film. With a thick plot that meanders through treachery, death, and rebirth, inspiration from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, a…

    March 24, 2016
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    Society

    Conformity: The human identity crisis

    By James Clark Ross You are born unique: unless you are an identical twin, no one else on Earth will ever share your genome. You are therefore universally unmatched, always distinguishable.…

    September 20, 2015
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    Media

    Jeremy Kyle, the real scum of The Jeremy Kyle Show

    By James Clark Ross It’s 9:25am. It’s your day off. You slept long enough for it to feel like a lie-in, but the reality is your body clock halted your slumber…

    August 27, 2015
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    Football: Why are we obsessed?

    By James Clark Ross Football: Twenty-two people running around kicking a ball for ninety minutes. ‘It’s just a game.’ ‘A bunch of overpaid sissies rolling around on the ground as if…

    August 22, 2015
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    From working class to middle class: My story

    Overcoming hidden adversity…

    August 2, 2015
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    Society

    Vegetarianism, independent thinking, and empowering the mind

    By James Clark Ross October 30th, 2012 – the date I became a fully-fledged vegetarian following years of tentative deliberation and flawed excuses. The past year or so has been fantastically…

    January 10, 2014
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    Society

    Loose lips: When does free speech become hate speech?

    A dialogue between James Ross and Ben Howarth: Part II By James Clark Ross Following on from the debate on free expression in pop culture last time round, Ben and I…

    September 27, 2013
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    Is free expression, through art in pop culture, a danger to society?

    A dialogue between James Clark Ross and Ben Howarth: Part I By James Clark Ross The right to freely express oneself is a pillar of modern society. There still, however, appears…

    September 17, 2013
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    Morality and the Mormon Church

    By Anonymous ‘Morality’ is a word often referred to, but commonly misused and/or misunderstood. Indeed, it is seen by some as a concept that can be explained and classified; by others…

    September 28, 2012
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    Christians in Science (CiS): Part 2 – Star of Bethlehem: The Myth and the Reality

    By James Clark Ross Welcome back to the Deriving Morality. As discussed in my last post, “Christians in Science: Part 1 – An Introduction”, my first experience at a CiS talk…

    August 28, 2012
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    Christians in Science (CiS): Part 1 – An Introduction

    By James Clark Ross Christians in Science (CiS) combine the logic of science with the guidance of Faith through a series of topical talks from eminent Christian scientists. Listening to these talks…

    August 13, 2012
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    The BBC Big Questions, a too familiar showcase of ineffectualness

    By Jerome Finch If you’re unfamiliar with The BBC Big Questions, click on the link below and view the episode within. The Big Questions: Is there a God? First and foremost,…

    August 3, 2012
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    An Introduction to Christianity and Catholicism in Brazil

    By Amanda Wallace Brazil has the greatest number of Catholics in the world with a staggering 80% of the nation finding salvation with the ancient Roman establishment. The question is, how Catholic are…

    July 21, 2012
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    House of Lords reform – Continued

    By James Clark Ross Yesterday saw far too much bickering and not enough substance in the House of Commons. Following on from the news that the Liberal Democrats would chase up…

    July 12, 2012
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    The Higgs boson: More than a triumph for science

    By James Clark Ross As the world revelled in response to the monumental discovery of the Higgs boson, I couldn’t help but feel proud of my good old buddy science. Watching…

    July 6, 2012
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    Bishops set to maintain anti-democratic seats (UK)

    By James Clark Ross If you’d like a brief overview on the goings-on on this topic before you can establish your own opinion, check out this handy Q&A from BBC News:…

    June 30, 2012

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