I want to examine the key issue of how to establish a balance of diversity and unity. Too much diversity, and society will fragment; too much unity and we have a closed society. How do we find the balance? Is it too much to suggest that it is possible to […]
Tag: Utopian
For my strength is made perfect in weakness?
So says an ancient letter writer. Flying in the face of natural selection, survival of the fittest, and Social Darwinism. It begs the question, what is the fittest? Who is the strongest? Nigel Pocock . What is actually best for society in terms of natural selection? Can people control their […]
Is multiculturalism utopian, and therefore intolerant?
This might sound totally paradoxical and contradictory, for how can a society that is mutually tolerant of multiple cultures, be intolerant? Nigel Pocock Some have argued that such an utopian vision of society could not be achieved without imposition from above. Given that there would no doubt be […]