Claims like 'Slavery is wrong' are not fully common-sensical, so they must be at least partly theoretical.
Catherine WilsonIn Western Europe and North America some things are better than they were - at least relative to their moral nadirs - such as labour legislation, the opening of the professions to women, intolerance for domestic violence, but so much is still morally unacceptable - the weapons trade, cruel and unusual punishment, economic parasitism.
Catherine WilsonThere's nothing a priori good about equality. One person has three televisions, the other has two, so what?
Catherine WilsonThe higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom.
Catherine WilsonMorality has in the past made progress when we broadened the category of things we weren't permitted to harm (animals, 'infidels'); saw through some delusions and rationalisations about what harms are good for people themselves (prison punishment, hysterectomies for unhappy 1950s wives); and readjusted our for-the-good of others criteria so as to demand only reasonable sacrifices (ceasing to use children as handy chimney sweeps).
Catherine Wilson