Simon Duffy
Writings on citizenship, faith and love
Writings on citizenship, faith and love
The best support lifts people up as equals - not from above, not from below - but alongside.
This story reveals a theme which runs through moral philosophy. Are we motivated to act rightly because of duty itself or because of external influence or fear?
When we demand equality we are rightly demanding recognition of our fundamental equality - our essential human dignity or worth.
Imagine a man who washes up on a desert island. He has all he needs, but then new people arrive on what he thinks of as ‘his island’.
There are four kinds of designer or innovator, each with their own style. No style is right; each has its merits and its limitations.
The challenge of genuine social innovation and welfare reform is to figure out how to make the 'good idea' be more than a 'good idea'.
Solzhenitsyn observes that the poison of power is deadly for those who believe in nothing but themselves.
Successful social innovation requires an understanding of the fundamental forces at work and the flow of time and history.
