Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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It’s All for Your Own Good
What becomes of the self-respect we invest in our own willed actions, flawed and misguided though they often are, when so many of our choices are manipulated to promote what someone else sees (perhaps rightly) as our best interest?
Jeremy Waldron,
New York Review Of Books, 9 October 2014
How to talk to terrorists
Terrorism can never be defeated by military means alone. But how do you go about negotiating with people who have blood on their hands? Britain’s chief broker of the Northern Ireland peace deal explains how it can – and must – be done (for a start, always shake hands)
Jonathan Powell,
Guardian, 7 October 2014
Ferguson: In the heartlands of America, a descent into madness
David Usborne arrived in Ferguson, Missouri to be greeted by a scene more redolent of Gaza and Afghanistan. This is a country where those fighting for justice have given up on the law as a means of redress
David Usborne,
Independent, 19 August 2014
Political parties need to better integrate young members
Most major political parties have youth wings, run by their young members. But with party membership declining, Emily Rainsford has considered how parties might better engage their young members and recruit others. I
Emily Rainsford,
Democratic Audit UK, 11 July 2014
British values
To mark the 799th anniversary of Magna Carta, the Prime Minister has written an article for the Mail on Sunday on British values.
David Cameron ,
Mail on Sunday, 15 June 2014
Paternalism
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Gerald Dworkin,
Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, June 2014
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