Robert Walker Professor of social policy and fellow of Green College, University of Oxford With even Nigel Farage agreeing (before the referendum) that a 52 48% vote would be too close to accept as a popular mandate, parliament has the democratic and moral duty to step in and express its own opinion in a vote on Brexit.
This is preventing full recognition of how we got into the mess we are in today and why capitalism continues to be not just the best return route to prosperity but also the most effective way to provide for the needs of people and foster the democratic and moral values of a free society.
If they are serious at all about doing their democratic and moral duty, they will need to be ambitious indeed -- committing to transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy which benefits everyone, and quickly.
We must strike a balance between promoting these values and protecting our national security interests, which will result in a robust doctrine that allows the United States to reinvigorate its democratic and moral leadership while fighting extremism both at home and abroad.
In democratic states, morals are the measure of piety, and, on the contrary, the superficial manifestations of piety alone are not proof of morals.
We also formulated the presumption that democratic ideals and moral education can prevent radicalization, by adequately responding to signs of moral distancing and stimulating adherence to moral rules and respect for the liberal moral rights of others.
But preparing young men and women for gainful employment is not the only, and not even the main goal of public education, which has to prepare students for participation in democratic self-government, moral action and a life of personal development, growth and wellbeing.
Democratic capitalism is moral.
As such, 'national communities' or 'humanity' may well be important groups that deserve standing in global democratic politics for moral or pragmatic reasons.
