What is this Fuss about A levels? I ask. It has been a Travesty of Unfairness, says the Owner. What is Fairness? I ask the Owner. There are many ways of describing Fairness, says the Owner. Principally Fairness is understood to be about Justice and Equality. It concerns the Perceived […]
There seems no point in Racism, I say, when All Persons are Basically Persons. That is Very Wise, says the Owner. How does the Moral Dog know this? It is Obvious, I say. You all Smell Human to a Moral Dog, I say. Racists are simply Despising Themselves, I say. […]
There is One Lolly Remaining. You have it, I say to the Owner. No, You have it, says the Owner. No Really, says the Owner, the Moral Dog must have the Lolly. No, Really, I say, no Dog that is Moral could possibly Eat the Last Lolly. We share the […]
What is it Like to be a Person? I ask. How do you know it is Like Anything? Says the Owner. It must be Like Something, I say. Otherwise what would be the Point? The Moral Dog raises an Interesting Philosophical Question, says the Owner. Most Philosophers see Two Central […]
There is Mud on the Bed, says the Owner. Really? I say. I wonder How that Got There? I say. Is that a Real Really? Asks the Owner, or One of those Fake Reallies used by Moral Dogs to whom the Facts of the Matter are of No Surprise. Squeaky […]
I cannot go to bed, I am watching for Dinosaurs, I say. There are no Dinosaurs in Highgate, says the Owner. There were supposedly no Dinosaurs in the Isle of Wight Yesterday, I say. But today I hear that one has been Found, I say. A Tyrannosaurus has indeed been […]
How does the Owner define Morality? I ask. That is a Huge Question, says the Owner. It appears, I say, to be a Set of Rules designed to separate Moral Dogs and Lollies. It is Far More than That, says the Owner. Give it a Shot, I say. Make it […]
The Prime Minister says it is Criminal to Cross the Channel from France to seek Asylum, I say. So I Gather, says the Owner, Scribbling Carefully. Is it not Criminal? I ask the Owner. No, says the Owner. It is Not, says the Owner. Even if you are a Migrant […]
What is Honour? I ask the Owner. What does the Moral Dog think Honour is? Asks the Owner. The Moral Dog sense a Loaded Question. It is an Indication of Respect, I say. Kant was the first major Western philosopher to put respect for Persons, including Oneself as a Person, […]
The Owner and I meet Another Dog on the Farm of the Owner’s Friend. Look, says the Owner. He is a German Shorthaired Pointer like you. Hello, I say to the Other Dog. I am Too Busy to Talk to You, says the Other Dog. But we have Much in […]
What is that? I ask the Owner. It is a Pill, says the Owner. You will never Swallow That, I say. Not even an Elephant would swallow That, I say. It is meant to be Chewed, says the Owner. Hahahahaha, I say. Seriously, says the Owner. Good luck with that, […]
What are you Watching? I ask, from my Cushion on the Floor. I am watching a Video, says the Owner. Should you not be Hoovering? I ask, Stretching and Making myself more Comfortable Really? Says the Owner, somewhat Icily. Do not Be Like That About It, I say. If you […]
I would like to be a Lion, I say. That is a Very Profound Statement, says the Owner. I trust the Moral Dog to explain it in a Profound Manner, says the Owner. If I was a Lion, I say, I would Give the Orders around here, I say. I […]
What is that? I ask. It is a Sausage, says the Owner. In a Bun, says the Owner. With Embellishments, says the Owner. I can see that, I say. Why, then, did the Moral Dog ask what it was? Asks the Owner. Because the Moral Dog heard what you said […]
I have heard, I say, that there are Moral Dogs like me abandoned on the streets of Cyprus. That is True, says the Owner, and there are Wonderful People Rehoming them in England. Indeed 32 such Moral Dogs flew here in April. That is Good Then, I say. I frown. […]
Hergest, a Hound's Philosophy 