Thursday, 31 December 2015

Right Wing Blues.

David Cameron’s policy chief, Oliver Letwin, is in a spot of bother. A newly-released memo from 1985 reveals that he blamed the Broadwater Riots on black people having ‘bad moral attitudes.’ And Tories don’t?

Actually, to be fair, Tories probably have quite sound morals, morality being the arbitrary and judgemental cultural artifice that it is. It’s ethics they seem to have a problem with.

2 comments:

Mocsuplementu.pl said...

You raise an interesting point about the distinction between morality and ethics. It’s true that what’s often called “morality” can be subjective and culturally influenced, while ethics tends to focus more on principles of right and wrong. The controversy around Oliver Letwin’s comments highlights how personal biases can cloud ethical judgment. Ultimately, it’s important for public figures to uphold not just moral standards, but clear ethical values that promote fairness and respect.

JJ said...

Agreed. I expanded the morality vs ethics in other posts. Thanks for commenting.