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Island of lost souls

Island of lost souls

This week: some German history lessons, I have never seen Love Island, and I don’t care what the public think it’s just plain wrong.

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Jonn Elledge
Jun 30, 2021
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The science writer Tom Chivers has written a thought provoking piece about morality. In the column, in Unherd, he looks at a recent row about (I’m so sorry about this) bestiality, and notes that our sense of morality is not always consistent with what causes the most harm: most people are horrified by the idea of someone committing unspeakable sexual ac…

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