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		<title>On Politics</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2012/01/31/on-politics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, not much being said around here. Mostly, because I haven&#8217;t got much to say. But recently I&#8217;ve found it hard to articulate to people what, exactly, it is I tend to believe about politics (and why I get so fed up with so much of the left). As it happens, John Dunn&#8217;s remark from his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3729&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>One Year On</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/12/21/one-year-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate to say I told you so. But, y&#8217;know, I told you so. &#160; Filed under: Politics<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3722&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Selfish and Deluded</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/11/22/selfish-and-deluded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I intended to briefly join the protest at Cambridge University against Universities Minister David Willetts. Arriving at the venue at 5.55pm, however, the protest was already over. So I decided to go inside and listen to the advertised speech and debate. Willetts was introduced – with an explicit appeal for reasonable discussion – and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3713&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Not At The Protest</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/11/09/why-im-not-at-the-protest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Civil Liberties]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big student protests in London today, against fee rises and the perceived &#8220;privatisation&#8221; of Britain&#8217;s university system. I&#8217;m not going. Two reasons. 1. This afternoon I have a crucial cup fixture to play in. My first loyalty is to King&#8217;s Men&#8217;s First XI, only secondarily to the future of education and the good society. 2. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3703&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ethics of Derren Brown</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/11/07/the-ethics-of-derren-brown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade the illusionist, magician and psychological manipulator Derren Brown has produced some of the most consistently entertaining and provocative television available. But my appreciation extends beyond mere entertainment, and well into the professional. A large part of my research consists in understanding the foundations of the major western schools of moral philosophy. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3699&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CALL FOR PAPERS</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/11/02/call-for-papers/</link>
		<comments>http://badconscience.com/2011/11/02/call-for-papers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:44:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oikonomia, Economy and War: 2012 Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History University of Cambridge 19-20 March 2012 Paper proposals are invited for the fifth Cambridge Graduate Conference in Political Thought and Intellectual History, to be held on 19-20 March 2012 at the University of Cambridge. The theme of the 2012 conference will be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3693&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy (my attention)</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/10/27/occupy-my-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:56:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend &#8211; who happens to be both left-leaning and employed in City finance &#8211; sent me a text: &#8220;Not that I&#8217;m against it, but what is the stated reason for the St Paul&#8217;s protests? Just awareness or do they want something specific? Normally there&#8217;s a reason &#8211; Uni fees a very valid one &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3684&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Riot of a Time</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/08/10/riot-of-a-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very quick thoughts on the recent riots. 1. Clearly it is true that poverty, alienation, deepdisgruntlement with the police and lack of opportunity are important background facts that any serious attempt at understanding will have to take into account. 2. But these alone cannot explain what was clearly, in many cases, opportunistic theft and glee [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3679&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Reads</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/06/26/holiday-reads/</link>
		<comments>http://badconscience.com/2011/06/26/holiday-reads/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although the act of writing still feels akin to dragging razorwire across my face, I&#8217;m OK with reading. Next week I&#8217;m off to France for some serious Alpine cycling. But books are required for chill out periods. So I&#8217;m looking for recommendations. In the travel bag already are: - Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook - [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3673&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 Stuffs</title>
		<link>http://badconscience.com/2011/06/13/2-stuffs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 12:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Sagar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Announcement 1: I will be speaking at the Balliol Left Caucus this coming Thursday. If you&#8217;re in Oxford, consider coming along. I intend to talk for about 15 minutes, and then open things up to discussion. Which will hopefully be less boring, for all concerned. The topic I&#8217;ll introduce I&#8217;ve entitled: &#8220;The Conservative Left? &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=badconscience.com&#038;blog=4882551&#038;post=3670&#038;subd=badconscience&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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