Ethics / Topic collection
Decisions and constraints.
Control over intelligence. Computational models of reality.
Evidence, assumptions and consequences.
13 articles
Ethics / Position analysis
Church authority in Western Christianity
A selective chronology of Latin West and English Christianity separates doctrinal teaching, institutional office and claims to legitimate authority.
Ethics / Position analysis
Determinism, agency and responsibility
Determinism challenges one definition of freedom but does not settle every theory of agency. Evidence about decisions and the question of responsibility require separate arguments.
Ethics / Visual analysis
Gender pay gap: measures and mechanisms
Distinguish broad inequality, comparable work and statistical residuals with a dated earnings snapshot.
Ethics / Position analysis
Institutional influence: mandate, access and accountability
Three public cases show how mandates, meeting access and technical standards transmit influence, and why accountability requires evidence for each link in the chain.
Ethics / Position analysis
Legal professionalization in England and Wales
Professional institutions in England and Wales converted advocacy and specialist knowledge into entry rules, duties and controlled access to legal practice.
Ethics / Position analysis
London policing: organization and legitimacy
A selective London chronology shows police organization changing while consent, funding, supervision and public accountability remain contested questions.
Ethics / Visual analysis
Mortgage losses and financial contagion
Mortgage losses became a funding crisis as securitization, leverage and short-term funding transmitted housing losses through financial institutions and the wider economy.
Ethics / Scenario narrative
Privacy, property and individual limits in a collective society
A hypothetical society without private property or protected private space uses collective decisions to regulate individual conduct.
Ethics / Position analysis
Public authority and legitimacy
Lawful mandate, fair procedure, effective protection and independent remedy form four tests of public authority; passing one does not compensate for failing another.
Ethics / Visual analysis
Remote work and urban redistribution
Remote work weakens the link between office location and household location, shifting housing demand and weekday spending from central districts toward surrounding areas.
Ethics / Visual analysis
Return-to-office policies: tasks and tradeoffs
Office and remote work serve different tasks, and commute costs fall unevenly. Hybrid evidence from one firm does not settle performance, mentoring, attrition or fairness across roles.
Ethics / Position analysis
The limits of the nation-as-hotel analogy
The nation-as-hotel analogy clarifies administration and service access, then fails at citizenship, dissent, removal and enforceable rights.
Ethics / Visual analysis
Wealth planning: ownership, liquidity and obligations
A 100-topic agenda for owners and families covering decision rights, liquidity, tax, concentrated exposure and stewardship of shared assets.