From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of violence and injustice as well as forms of violence and injustice from other groups - some superpowers, for example, or the English Defence League, as other examples.
Alison AssiterEthically and politically it is important to face up to the need for a universal perspective in our divided, multi-cultural, unequal and unjust world.
Alison AssiterHowever, 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 most chance of being accepted and this does not depend on any particular metaphysical outlook.
Alison AssiterI think that both pornography and the imposition (common in some areas of the world) of a dress code on women are problematic.
Alison Assiter