There seems to be very little righteous anger motivating the rioters, apart from some of the early ones.
The problem is, I think, that you get subcultures - across ethnic and religious lines - that have grown up with no faith in their prospects, the system, the government, and no faith that any of that can be improved. Possibly with good reason, possibly not. They don't yearn for a better world, because they don't believe in a better world - at least not for them.
So, they seek extremely short-term rewards. Many newspapers write that they target stores that sell "chav" labels. They don't let anyone but advertisers tell them what's worth seeking in life.
I don't think moral outrage gets us anywhere. What we have to ask is how did this subculture come to exist. Do we, as Theodore Dalrymple, blame the welfare state? Do we blame Thatcher's legacy? Family politics?
It's anyway where the discussion needs to go. Yeah, the looters are assholes, but pointing out that obvious fact does nothing.
"The form of the proposition was unfortunate, since it led Blair to emphasize the good works that people inspired by religion do."
Yeah, that was a no-win scenario for him. Blair himself has done some very bad things inspired religion himself, so any preaching on this topic would sound extremely hollow.
This is not commonly accepted among pro-life advocates. Even secular ethics-philosophers don't denythat there is a potential issue with it. So this is a rather poor example.
It is a somewhat better case with marriage legislation, but even there it's not hard finding attempts at arguming from common ground.
There seems to be very little righteous anger motivating the rioters, apart from some of the early ones.
The problem is, I think, that you get subcultures - across ethnic and religious lines - that have grown up with no faith in their prospects, the system, the government, and no faith that any of that can be improved. Possibly with good reason, possibly not. They don't yearn for a better world, because they don't believe in a better world - at least not for them.
So, they seek extremely short-term rewards. Many newspapers write that they target stores that sell "chav" labels. They don't let anyone but advertisers tell them what's worth seeking in life.
I don't think moral outrage gets us anywhere. What we have to ask is how did this subculture come to exist. Do we, as Theodore Dalrymple, blame the welfare state? Do we blame Thatcher's legacy? Family politics?
It's anyway where the discussion needs to go. Yeah, the looters are assholes, but pointing out that obvious fact does nothing.
"The form of the proposition was unfortunate, since it led Blair to emphasize the good works that people inspired by religion do."
Yeah, that was a no-win scenario for him. Blair himself has done some very bad things inspired religion himself, so any preaching on this topic would sound extremely hollow.
(even though there is no secular reason to do so)
This is not commonly accepted among pro-life advocates. Even secular ethics-philosophers don't denythat there is a potential issue with it. So this is a rather poor example.
It is a somewhat better case with marriage legislation, but even there it's not hard finding attempts at arguming from common ground.