I am so glad to see you looking Normal Again, I tell the Owner, after your Night spent as a Giant Cheese. The Moral Dog was Dreaming, says the Owner. I have not spent the night as a Giant Cheese. How can you be sure? I ask. Because, during the […]
Why is that star moving? I ask the Owner. It is not a Star, says the Owner, it is a Satellite. How did it Get There? I ask. It was thrown Very Hard and Very High, says the Owner, in Order that it could Circle the Earth Forever. What is […]
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 […]
Hergest, a Hound's Philosophy 