Macauley Nailed It!

In 1843, the historian Thomas Babington Macauley wrote

“We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.”

Moral Decay II

Is it really "moral decay", if looters form orderly queues outside of shops that they are looting?

Moral Decay

Whenever I hear a politician talk about "moral decay" I instinctively reach for my sick-bag.

Morality

Lessons in morality shouldn't be delivered by hypocrites.

Moral Absolutes

A country that defines its domestic and foreign policy on the basis of moral absolutes sows the seeds of its own destruction.

Advice To Politicians

Don't allow yourselves to be portrayed as morally "superior" to the rest of humanity, we are all human and subject to the same human failings and indiscretions.

At some stage the "morally superior" politician's indiscretions will come out.

People need human beings to lead them, not puritans.

Legal Issues

Legal issues and morality are mutually exclusive.

Morality

Morality comes from your genes, not from a holy book.