by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 21, 2016 | Pulse
November 2016 Pulse Without doubt, one of the most important – if highly contentious – ideas in political and social philosophy today is that of the common good. Although the idea is once again in vogue in recent public and academic discourse, its origins can be...
by Dr Roland Chia | Nov 7, 2016 | Pulse
November 2016 Pulse In February this year (2016), Pop Queen Madonna held her controversial Rebel Heart concert in Singapore amidst concerns expressed by religious groups. In his pastoral letter, Roman Catholic Archbishop William Goh urges his 300,000 strong flock not...
by Dr Roland Chia | Oct 17, 2016 | Pulse
October 2016 Pulse In November last year, The Straits Times reported that, according to Attorney-General George Brandis, Australia is experiencing an “alarming emergence” of religious intolerance. “Members of the Christians faiths”, Australia’s top law officer...
by Dr Roland Chia | Oct 3, 2016 | Pulse
October 2016 Pulse In an article entitled, ‘Let’s End Stigma of Mental Illness’ published by TODAY online on 1 May 2014, it was reported that one in six people in Singapore suffer from some form of mental illness. ‘It is quite likely’, it states, ‘that patients...
by Dr Roland Chia | Sep 19, 2016 | Pulse
September 2016 Pulse The unprecedented emergence of religious fundamentalism and fervour across the globe in the final decades of the last century has led to the demise of the so-called secularisation theory proposed by philosophers and sociologists in the 1960s....
by Dr Roland Chia | Sep 5, 2016 | Pulse
September 2016 Pulse In his study on the history of toleration, Alan Levine observes that ‘Toleration is one of the most attractive and widespread ideas of our day. It is a cornerstone of liberalism, a key protection for both individual citizens and minority groups,...
