Saturday Chats
A short free flowing discussion about anything you want and which other people are willing to play ball with.
A short free flowing discussion about anything you want and which other people are willing to play ball with.
9th May 2026 The topics for the week are: Children, social media and online safety Should children’s freedom online be limited for their own good, or does protection risk becoming over-control? The UK is piloting social media bans, curfews and app time limits with families to test effects on children’s sleep, schoolwork and family life. […]
16th May 2026 The topics for the week are: When No One Wins When every option is terrible, is morality about keeping one’s hands clean, or about reducing the harm that will occur? Imagine a soldier who is ordered to commit an atrocity against an innocent civilian. He knows the command is morally abhorrent. Yet […]
23rd May 2026 The topics for the week are: Bursting the Soap Bubble Do people believe what is true, or what their little world has taught them to see as true? Imagine a secluded group of people who have been raised to believe that soap operas are not fiction, but reality. For them, Coronation Street, […]
The topics for the week are: The Torture Option Can doing something cruel ever be justified if it prevents something even worse? Imagine a man has planted a bomb that will kill hundreds, perhaps thousands, of innocent people. He has been captured, but he refuses to reveal where the bomb is hidden. Torturing him will […]