Monthly Archives: March 2018

Unnatural behaviour

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Quentin

This is, I take it, the best known passage on Natural Law. It’s only a couple of thousand years old. “There is indeed a true law—right reason—that is in harmony with Nature and present in all things, unchanging and eternal … Continue reading →

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Money, money, money

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Quentin

Look at the date, and subtract it from 5th of April this year. You will know now how many days you have to make a decision which may save you from unnecessarily losing money. Read on. Fortunately I receive a … Continue reading →

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Surely that’s not true

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Quentin

Some years ago, in Toronto, I was part of a conversation in which an ‘intellectual’ lady snapped at her meticulous husband with Emerson’s words *Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” I felt she was hard on the poor man … Continue reading →

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Are you in the race?

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Quentin

How racist are you? Once upon a time I would have claimed not to be racist at all. That was before I had my experience. Several years ago I was coming down a narrow staircase in the London Tube, and … Continue reading →

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Virtue versus law

Posted on March 1, 2018 by Quentin

Insofar as I am reasonably literate in modern moral theology I owe a great debt to A History of Moral Theology in the Twentieth Century (Keenan). It is of course a demanding read, but clearly written. (Try Amazon) What is … Continue reading →

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