PRIVACY POLICY

Is UK gov 'guided by science', or by its own electoral incentives?This article asks if power to decide should be with experts or politicians

The pandemic has shown the strength of collectivity. Can schools do more to shift moral focus from individualism towards the common good?

A-levels are thought important to ensure equality of opportunity for young people. Has 2020's distorted process denied them this forever?

Revolutionary socialists have long argued crisis hails an opportunity for economic change. Which societal changes should Covid hail in?

How can suspended democracies represent our interests? In less stable states with socioeconomic instability, which interests are legitimate?

Moral philosophy seeks answers to the toughest choices we face, such as tragic decisions between who lives and dies. Is this possible?

Governments have been afforded substantial emergency powers to deal with CoVid19. Does this leave us subject to authoritarianism?

Covid19 shows how deep our inequality is. Equality requires more than redistributing resources, doing only this may perpetuate the problem.

Can states legitimately choose lives or the economy? Yes, but only if they respect a democratic duty to test and publish rates of infection.

In response to the CoVid-19 crisis, the US has responded with unfair blaming and scapegoating. Why is this, and, when is blame justified?

‘Do as I say, not as I do’ After a series of resignations by high profile lockdown breakers, Nikhil asks: can hypocrites still be critics?

If CoViD-19 is 'the great leveler' of citizens, why then are the effects are felt so disproportionately by the most vulnerable?

'Unskilled' workers are now essential. Health workers have become our heroes. Why did we not recognise these people before?

Should governments do everything they can to save lives or should they be concerned about the economic consequences of life-saving policies?

With current restrictions making many of us miss our freedom, this piece argues that we may be able to regain it through new understanding.

Why should we social distance even when others don't? Are we to blame for increasing transmission rates if we haven't infected anyone?