I Remain Instinctively Hostile To Communitarian Philosophy

I Attempted To See Famines As Broad "economic" Problems (concentrating On How People Can Buy Food, Or Otherwise Get Entitled To It), Rather Than In Terms Of The Grossly Undifferentiated Picture Of Aggregate Food Supply For The Economy As A Whole.

Any Classification According To A Singular Identity Polarizes People In A Particular Way, But If We Take Note Of The Fact That We Have Many Different Identities - Related Not Just To Religion But Also To Language, Occupation And Business, Politics, Class And Poverty, And Many Others - We Can See That The Polarization Of One Can Be Resisted By A Fuller Picture. So Knowledge And Understanding Are Extremely Important To Fight Against Singular Polarization.

There Are Muslims Of All Kinds. The Idea Of Closing Them Into A Single Identity Is Wrong.

Being Able To Read, Write, Do Your Sums Really Transforms A Human Being.

Progress Is More Plausibly Judged By The Reduction Of Deprivation Than By The Further Enrichment Of The Opulent