If one really believes that the metaphysic one adopts has much to commend it, then one should obviously try to persuade others of its truth or accept….

If someone says that they have to 'tolerate' cultural differences and cultural groupings different from themselves then that may make it difficult, a….

Ethically and politically it is important to face up to the need for a universal perspective in our divided, multi-cultural, unequal and unjust world..

Autonomy is the capacity to act on principles that are one's own and one will exercise this capacity by means of a process of rational reflection on ….

When it comes to deep and difficult ethical matters - such as the relation of an individual to God, or, I think, an individual caught up in the subli….

The subject of feminism cannot be purely a fiction, as some postmodern writers suggest, produced by the discourses of power..

However, within the limits of the human, it is important to recognise our common humanity. I think that a perspective based on common human needs has….

The universal basis for the categorisation 'woman' will, no doubt, be constantly shifting but it is important not to deny it's existence altogether. ….

Whatever the universal perspective one adopts, it is important to recognise that some form of universalism is politically and ethically necessary..

From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of vio….

If there are more than two sexes, then so be it and, of course, the assumption that there are two helps shape, as many have argued, the binary logic ….

I think that both pornography and the imposition (common in some areas of the world) of a dress code on women are problematic..

I believe that a concept that may have some flaws is nonetheless important as a tool to critique abuses on all sides of the political spectrum. In th….