The ways in which government organises its services and supports, relates to people, and measures change, focuses on individuals as the core unit. This puts primacy on a particular individual and western view of both people and wellbeing. As a result people are seen as separate to the relational context…
UK housing, relative to income, is the most expensive it has been for several generations. Near-zero interest rates, money printing, strong net migration, the break-up of households, stagnant real wages, a favourable tax status and limited new supply have bid up average house prices to nine times average incomes…
Directness is a basic requirement of relational proximity. Face-to-face encounters, open communication, transparency and shared space are prerequisites for relationships of commonality, trust and tolerance. This has long been a key message of Relationists. In the UK directness used to be at the heart of general medical practice….
6:00 am. Our daughter thinks our 7-year-old grandson has strep throat – again. She has a big presentation on, so I get to take him to see the doctor.
We get the earliest available appointment, 8:30; yes, it is strep; our prescription info is sent to the pharmacy. Anxious to get home…
The aim of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is to treat all people with fairness, respect, equality, and dignity. Few people would openly deny these values. But I want to challenge how well it achieves this aim due to there being some unintended consequences. Let me illustrate…
It is a widely held fallacy that the parable of the Good Samaritan advocates loving everyone. While there is an implicit message to love all, that is not the parable’s main point. It is much more an implicit precept of proximity as relational responsibility that fits our finitude in time and space…