"Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians" by Halliday Sutherland presents a compelling argument from a Christian perspective against the practices and ideologies of the Neo-Malthusian movement. Sutherland critiques the moral implications of birth control, emphasizing the sanctity of life and the importance of procreation within the framework of Christian teachings. He articulates a vision of family and society that values the natural order and the divin...

In "Birth Control: A Statement of Christian Doctrine against the Neo-Malthusians," Halliday Sutherland confronts the contentious issue of birth control through the lens of Christian ethics and doctrine. His work engages critically with the emerging trends of the early 20th century, specifically the Neo-Malthusian movement advocating for population control through contraception. Sutherland's rhetorical style combines theological argumentation with empirical analysis, creating a compelling n...

Nowadays we believe that consenting adults have the freedom to do what they like with their own bodies. We publicise and celebrate sex; we discuss it endlessly; we are obsessed with the sex lives of celebrities. We think it wrong that in other cultures people suffer for their sexual orientation, that women are treated as second-class citizens, or that adulterers are put to death. Yet until quite recently our own society was like this too. For most of western history, all sex outside marria...

In "Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham," Harold J. Laski embarks on a profound exploration of the evolution of political philosophy in England from the Enlightenment to the early 19th century. Laski's incisive analysis weaves together the ideas of seminal thinkers such as John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jeremy Bentham, examining their contributions within the broader historical and social contexts of their times. Laski employs a scholarly yet accessible prose style, blending...

Adam Smith is celebrated all over the world as the author of The Wealth of Nations and the founder of modern economics. A few of his ideas - that of the 'Invisible Hand' of the market and that 'It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest' - have become icons of the modern world. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an economist, and would never have predicted ...

In "Little Essays of Love and Virtue," Havelock Ellis offers a profound exploration of the intricacies of love, morality, and human relationships. Written in a lyrical yet accessible style, these essays blend philosophical musings with personal reflections, drawing upon the emerging ideas of psychological and sexual health in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Ellis's work is positioned within the context of the Victorian era's struggle with issues of intimacy and virtue, challenging ...

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as “the Great Infidel” for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith was a revered professor of moral philosophy, and is now often hailed as the founding father of capitalism. Remarkably, the two...

A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century. Regarded as one of the sacred texts of liberalism, his great work On Liberty argues lucidly that any democracy risks becoming a 'tyranny of opinion' in which minority views are suppressed if they do not conform with those of the majority. Written in the same period as On Liberty, sh...

Robespierre's Reign of Terror spawned an evil little twin in William Pitt the Younger's Reign of Alarm, 1792-1798. Terror begat Alarm. Many lives and careers were ruined in Britain as a result of the alarmist regime Pitt set up to suppress domestic dissent while waging his disastrous wars against republican France. Liberal young writers and intellectuals whose enthusiasm for the American and French revolutions raised hopes for Parliamentary reform at home saw their prospects blasted. Over ...

The Leveller movement of the 1640s campaigned for religious toleration and a radical remaking of politics in post-civil war England. This book, the first full-length study of the Levellers for fifty years, offers a fresh analysis of the originality and character of Leveller thought. Challenging received ideas about the Levellers as social contract theorists and Leveller thought as a mere radicalisation of parliamentarian thought, Foxley shows that the Levellers’ originality lay in their su...

Ralph Adams Cram'Äôs "Towards the Great Peace" presents a profound exploration of society's evolution towards a harmonious future, blending architectural theory with philosophical inquiry. Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century America, Cram employs a distinctive narrative style that interweaves lyrical prose with rigorous argumentation. He critiques the technological advancements and societal disarray of his time, positing a vision where art, spirituality, and community converge t...