Consumer Culture and Fifty Shades of Grey

I get a lot done because of sheer obstinacy. When I got accepted to my graduate program, we were supposed to go around and talk about what we were interested…

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The ‘Lefty’ and the ethics of Obama cheerleading

In recent weeks there’s been a number of major arguments arising from the work of ‘lefties’ within the United Kingdom. There’s…

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Responsible Voting

As the American presidential election campaign draws to a close, and the Democratic Party becomes increasingly anxious about a potential upset, a certain…

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Depression within Marxism

The Absurd: In existentialism the Absurd is a simple concept; the meaningless or amorality of the universe, and the attempt of a human agent to assign…

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Consumer Ethics Makes You Unethical

People today cannot afford to be ethical. The measure of your worth as an ethical being is tied to the measure of your wallet. In our society we are preached…

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Workplace Democracy: A model of participative management

Having originally written this work both in the context of business the perspective of my analysis was primarily also that of business. However, there…

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The left cannot ignore Scottish Independence

It’s difficult to imagine any issue which has been more badly-covered in the media than Scottish independence – almost every article and discussion…

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Set Yourself Aflame

These days I find myself more and more frustrated with the left. For months I have kept asking myself why I felt so frustrated in a desperate attempt to…

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Workplace Democracy: Taylor, managerialism, infantilization and alienation

The field of management became fully aware of the inherently adversarial nature between the employees and employers around the end of the 19th century….

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Minimum pricing: a view in favour

Minimum pricing of alcohol has been hitting the news recently with governing parties in both Westminster and Holyrood supporting the measure. It is also…

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