"One Man's Thoughts"

By Conway Dunn

"One Man's Thoughts" is a collection of twenty-four essays mainly on philosophical, religious and topical matters with humour at the end and occasionally along the way.  The author begins with the importance of the person and the point is never forgotten.

"Conway Dunn is blessed with an easy and enviable style.  These pieces move gently off the end of the pen.  Many professional writers would envy his facility." (Athena Press).

" On nearly every page there are new proposals challenging the reader to consider and decide."   ( Gordon Scott, journalist )

The Essays

The individual     Morality      Religion    Politics

Socialism and Capitalism     Humans and other life

Freedom, Responsibility and Happiness

Education    Immigration    Incitement

Sex or Violence     Reacting to Paedophilia

Terrorism    Monarchy    What is Philosophy?

Doubt and Knowledge    'Is' and 'Should'

Free Will and Compulsion     Sensations, Ideas and Objects

Beauty     A very brief history of the C.20th

The Bible: Fact or Fiction?  An Atheist's view of Jesus Christ

The Sermon, or One Reason-albeit the wrong one-for Reading the Bible

Extracts

" I start with the individual, with me and with you.  Clearly I am a person.  I have a life.  In a quite literal sense it is my life, uniquely mine - it cannot be anybody else's; take it away and I am dead......................                              No one has a stronger claim than I do to my own life.No one can possess it more closely than me, and no one can be as affected by its loss as me"  ('The Individual')

" Countries that retain vestiges of democracy commonly ask their citizen, every few years, to choose representatives who form the legislature and the government.  Such a system might more accurately be called 'representocracy.' "  ( Politics )

" We ask somebody if they are happy.  If they say no, we ask what's wrong; they should be happy, just as they should be well.  If they say yes, that is sufficient - no doubt they could be happier still, but there is no state of mind beyond happiness." ( Freedom, Responsibility and Happiness )

" So the century which had given us the biggest wars, the biggest mass murderers, and the very real prospect of total oblivion, ended optimistically.  Phew!  What next?"  ( A Very Brief History of the C.20th )

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Published by Athena Press.  Price £5.99