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THE MARBLE ANGEL

The school library has a row of narrow windows from ceiling to floor on both sides with back-to-back shelves of textbooks in the centre…

Apr 16, 2021

THE MARBLE ANGEL

Apr 16, 2021

THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE or THE FORCE OF KINDNESS — AN INTERPRETATION

I have decided to experiment with story writing. I don’t know why this occurred to me. Nor do I know where the stories come from. I have…

Mar 1, 2021

THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE or THE FORCE OF KINDNESS — AN INTERPRETATION

Mar 1, 2021

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THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE or THE FORCE OF KINDNESS

I’m sitting by the sash window nearest to the teacher’s lectern, looking up at him. Its panes are old and tired, dimmed with dust, like…

Feb 26, 2021

THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE or THE FORCE OF KINDNESS

Feb 26, 2021

UNFORTUNATE EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR LESSONS

Given its government’s recent actions, New Zealand may seem an unlikely nation to look to for effective ways to combat State tyranny. A…

Feb 24, 2021

UNFORTUNATE EXPERIMENTS AND THEIR LESSONS

Feb 24, 2021

THE FOOTBALL PROGRAMME

I ran into a piece of my past in a place I’d never been. Pressed in a tatty box, in a creaking antique shop, buried under an archway in a…

Feb 16, 2021

THE FOOTBALL PROGRAMME

Feb 16, 2021

IN PRAISE OF SCEPTICISM

“Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.” Albert Einstein

Jan 28, 2021

IN PRAISE OF SCEPTICISM

Jan 28, 2021

THE UNFORGIVABLE NEGLIGENCE OF AMATEURS

Cost benefit analysis is the bedrock of any competent business decision-making, as everyone who watches Dragon’s Den or is studying for…

Jan 14, 2021

THE UNFORGIVABLE NEGLIGENCE OF AMATEURS

Jan 14, 2021

FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE MUST INCLUDE DECISION-MAKING TOO

Since the government insists that science is our best weapon against ‘the pandemic’, it is surely only reasonable to expect their…

Jan 2, 2021

FOLLOWING THE SCIENCE MUST INCLUDE DECISION-MAKING TOO

Jan 2, 2021

WHAT SORT OF SCIENCE ARE WE FOLLOWING?

“… have we eaten on the insane root That takes the reason prisoner?”

Dec 20, 2020

WHAT SORT OF SCIENCE ARE WE FOLLOWING?

Dec 20, 2020

THE VANDALISM OF MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS

Nadine Montgomery has diabetes and is of small build. While pregnant she asked her doctor repeatedly if her baby’s size would be a risk if…

Dec 16, 2020

THE VANDALISM OF MEDICAL LAW AND ETHICS

Dec 16, 2020

THE OVER-REACTION TO COVID-19 SHOWS HOW MUCH WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF HEALTH

Governments’ unbalanced response to the perceived pandemic has multiple causes. One of the most significant — certainly the most invisible…

Dec 13, 2020

THE OVER-REACTION TO COVID-19 SHOWS HOW MUCH WE NEED A COMPREHENSIVE THEORY OF HEALTH

Dec 13, 2020

THE TRAIN JOURNEY

Imagine a train carriage. In the carriage there are 50 or so people, of many ages and backgrounds. Each has a different seat, so each has…

Dec 11, 2020

THE TRAIN JOURNEY

Dec 11, 2020

THE DUMBLEDORE MOMENT

There I was. Talking animatedly to a group of schoolchildren about the importance of philosophy. Sure I was pushing 50, but fit, energetic…

Dec 9, 2020

THE DUMBLEDORE MOMENT

Dec 9, 2020

THE ILLUSION OF PATTERNS

Frano Selak has been dubbed ‘the world’s luckiest man’. According to the Daily Telegraph, the 91-year-old music teacher ‘cheated death’…

Dec 6, 2020

THE ILLUSION OF PATTERNS

Dec 6, 2020

COCK-UP OR CONSPIRACY: PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY CAN OVERCOME BOTH

The COVID-19 episode has brought about a series of shocks and realisations for many people. We were unaware that we are so at risk from…

Dec 4, 2020

COCK-UP OR CONSPIRACY: PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY CAN OVERCOME BOTH

Dec 4, 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH NON-ETHICS

Public health is a branch of medicine and is mostly run by doctors with medical degrees. While it deals with populations rather than…

Dec 3, 2020

PUBLIC HEALTH NON-ETHICS

Dec 3, 2020

POWER PLUS THOUGHTLESSNESS GUARANTEES DELUSION

The virus seems to have distorted humanity’s perception of what matters. Nothing is in balance anymore. It is as if the world has been…

Dec 2, 2020

POWER PLUS THOUGHTLESSNESS GUARANTEES DELUSION

Dec 2, 2020

Covid-19 and the moral case for personal judgement

The tension between independence and compliance is everywhere in society — but in medicine, reason must come before rules.

Dec 2, 2020

Covid-19 and the moral case for personal judgement

Dec 2, 2020

THE GREAT ESCAPE…… TO A WELSH PUB

It was a trivial bid for freedom, but important to me.

Dec 1, 2020

THE GREAT ESCAPE…… TO A WELSH PUB

Dec 1, 2020

THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC

This book, written between March and May, during ‘lockdown’ in the UK, is a spontaneous analysis of a disturbing global drama that…

Dec 1, 2020

THE CASE FOR DEMOCRACY IN THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC

Dec 1, 2020

Docseedhouse

Docseedhouse

David Seedhouse is Professor of Deliberative Practice at Aston University and a widely read author in health philosophy, ethics and decision-making.

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