Is Everyone Feeling Guilty At The Moment?

I don't want to sound too much like an advert for In Our Time, but the latest programme - which can be dowloaded - is particularly relevent considering the recent lively discussion on guilt. Do you think Melvyn saw the RPE website and decided to do the topic?? Here's the blurb: 'Melvyn Bragg and his guests - Miranda Fricker, Senior Lecturer in the School of Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London; Stephen Mulhall, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at New College, Oxford and Oliver Davies, Professor of Christian Doctrine at King’s College London - examine the complex sentiment of guilt.'

By the way, next week he's discussing Avicenna.

Guilt?

This morning I was with our friends at BBC Radio Gloucestershire talking to John Rockley about guilt. We covered eco-guilt, parental guilt and charity use of guilt to get us to pay up.



Two questions spring to mind that students might be interested in:

• What makes you feel guilty?


• Is guilt a bad thing / is it pointless / should we not feel even more guilty?

I look forward to your responses... please use the 'comments' option to respond..

Cheers, Dave