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Saying you should try to be kind sounds like a really silly and obvious thing to say. It’s the sort of thing you only need to tell little children to stop them being nasty in the playground. You know there are better things to be than kind. Like being creative, or the top dog.
It’s normal to want to be a good guest; an intense wish to please tends to guide us when we accept a dinner invitation or spend a weekend with friends. And…
Political Correctness is, in many ways, an extraordinary and admirable achievement of our age. It involves an acute sensitivity to the suffering of minority groups traditionally overlooked by the dominant forces…
The idea of being a sociable person is nowadays heavily associated with finding enjoyment in going to, and in all likelihood also in giving, parties. To be sociable means welcoming the…