Simon Duffy

Thoughts, Bemusements & Arguments

Simon Duffy

Thoughts, Bemusements & Arguments

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Making the Story True

25th February 2012

We must live our lives with imagination. We must tell and listen to the stories.

Brokered by Love

24th February 2012

Only love can reconcile the need for virtue with the desire for happiness.

The Rich need the Poor

4th February 2012

It is shocking how some of our leaders really think most of us are worthless.

Sufficient unto the Day

3rd February 2012

On "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof"

Difference evokes Meaning

28th January 2012

The philosopher, and disabled activist, Judith Snow tells us that disability is a gift.

Odysseus and Taxation

23rd January 2012

Disciplines and controls can have value, but we must be wary of not trusting ourselves too little.

Selfishness and the Self

15th January 2012

An aphorism

Tools Don't Work

10th January 2012

Tools do no work - only human beings do the work

Different People, Equal Joy

9th January 2012

Chuang Tze on the value of diversity

Cultivate Yourself First

8th January 2012

Do we seek power through the agency of the powerful?

If Our Minds are Limited

7th January 2012

Thoughts on the importance of humility in knowledge

Fair Incomes and Welfare Reform

30th December 2011

I outline my early work on basic income.

From Pooling to Differentiation

11th December 2011

Chesterton is the great advocate for the road to social justice less travelled

The Problem of Giving

10th December 2011

We struggle to welcome gifts - unless we see everything as a gift.

Design Requires Deeper Thinking

9th December 2011

Inspiration from Steve Jobs.

Long-shot Utopias

24th November 2011

Christianity and History.

Social Mobility and Meritocracy

24th November 2011

A fable from Rabbi Nachman.

The Value of Stories

23rd November 2011

Inspiration from Hannah Arendt.

The Survival of Justice

22nd November 2011

Aeschylus on justice.

Space Disabled

21st November 2011

The use of the term 'disabled' is complex and disputed.

The Incompetence of the Clever

18th November 2011

Much of society is organised on the principle that we should leave decisions in the hands of those who are most competent to make them.

Citizenship and Higher Purpose

31st October 2011

A quote from Beth Mount the inventor of person-centred planning.

The Medicine We Bring

30th October 2011

It seems that society doesn't always want to take its medicine.

How to Make a Life

29th October 2011

Modern economic and social theory has failed to capture this important dimension of citizenship.