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Month: February 2011

Promoting Wise Behaviour, or Mandating it?

Posted on February 3, 2011

Following on from yesterday’s vaguely pro-paternalism post, my eye was drawn to this story, concerning a prisoner who has won the right (or, rather, had the right confirmed) to have high-energy foods sent to him while he’s in chokey.  The beeb has a few crowd-pleasing splutters about the crime for which he was imprisoned, but […]

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Legislating for Wisdom

Posted on February 2, 2011

The decision of legislators in Northern Ireland to vote in favour of a bill requiring cyclists to wear helmets has apparently been met warmly by medics.  It would appear that some people have raised a worry that requiring such behaviour might lead to an overall drop in health, on the grounds that people will be […]

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