Evil Is Often Supposed To Be Without

Genuine Equality Means Not Treating Everyone The Same, But Attending Equally To Everyone’s Different Needs.

The British Are Supposed To Be Particularly Averse To Intellectuals, A Prejudice Closely Bound Up With Their Dislike Of Foreigners. Indeed, One Important Source Of This Anglo-saxon Distaste For Highbrows And Eggheads Was The French Revolution, Which Was Seen As An Attempt To Reconstruct Society On The Basis Of Abstract Rational Principles.

One Side-effect Of The So-called War On Terror Has Been A Crisis Of Liberalism. This Is Not Only A Question Of Alarmingly Illiberal Legislation, But A More General Problem Of How The Liberal State Deals With Its Anti-liberal Enemies.

Cynicism And Naivety Lie Cheek By Jowl In The American Imagination; If The United States Is One Of The Most Venal Nations On Earth, It Is Also One Of The Most Earnestly Idealistic.

We Live In A Society Which On The One Hand Pressurizes Us Into The Pursuit Of Instant Gratification, And The Other Hand Imposes On Whole Sectors Of The Population And Endless Deferment Of Fulfillment.