Morals: Dilemma for the Anesthetised Mind

by Tom Noel-Morgan

Are you a moral individual? Do you consider yourself an ethical person? What about in business? Does success justify our bending a few rules? Inside you'll find an introductory essay discussing the impact of a moral individual in a modern society that wants to escape the moral repercussions of its decisions. The contentions between State, Religion, Science and Secularism are briefly explored alongside the idea of personal conscience and free will. Is Religion the villain in modern democracies, or is the laic State more intrusive? If the State is laic but the majority of a population is not, how legitimate is legislation that usurps taxpayers’ money to pursue religiously questionable goals? Is mere pluralism the width and breadth of a genuine democracy? Should moral tolerance be infinite? What part does intolerance play? Hard questions are the ones worth asking, but there are not enough people asking them. Explore these subjects and awaken your mind to the central dilemma of our generation. Wake up to the chief contention of our age.

91 pages, Paperback

First published April 11, 2013

About the author

The truth is: I write because I enjoy communicating with the reader.

I know full well that, once I hand the narrative to you, you'll make my stories into your own, giving them your own spin with your mind's eye. I like that.

Together, you and I will conspire to create the world that greets you when you read my tales, and that's an enticing prospect.

If I were a songwriter and you a musician, I could give you the notes, but you'd always be playing them to your own rhythm. Writing, as I see it, is a little like that. So, shall we dance?