The perils of a public display of morality | Julie Bindel, Jesse Norman, Jonathan Wolff
23Julie Bindel, Jesse Norman and Jonathan Wolff discuss the potential dangers of making morality fashionable.
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The idea of a strict personal moral code based on an unchanging set of universal rules is seen by many as old fashioned and Victorian. Yet most of us retain the desire to be a good person, and from brushing up our Instagram posts to look fashionably engaged or taking the 'correct' political view or stance, morality is often used to support political and cultural opinions and actions.
Is this a hypocrisy designed to make us look good while avoiding having to change our own behaviour? If we are to make use of the notion of morality must we see morality as a universal set of rules or law that applies to all in all circumstances? Or can we endorse a personal morality that is sustained by the consistency and integrity of the individual to give it force and value?
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Julie Bindel is a radical feminist activist, author and columnist for The Guardian. She co-founded Justice for Women and has campaigned against male violence and sex-trafficking.
Jesse Norman is a Conservative Party politician serving as Financial Secretary to the Treasury since 2019 who has served as MP since 2010.
Jonathan Wolff is the Blavatnik Chair in Public Policy and Governing Body Fellow at Wolfson College. His recent work has largely concerned equality, disadvantage, social justice and poverty.
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