Author: Richard Norris

National Consultation on Children and Smartphone Usage

April 22, 2026
Opinion
By Richard Norris

UK Government is currently holding an open consultation on the effects for children and young people on increased digital usage, smartphones and social media. It is open for anyone to respond, including children over the age of 10 years...

Felicific Calculus, Doom Scrolling, and Offences Against Oneself (and a pickled head in a jar)

August 28, 2025
Opinion
By Richard Norris

Recently a colleague mentioned the 18th century philosopher Jeremy Bentham, and I was immediately left pondering why the connection between Bentham and social value calculation had never occurred to me before, and why Bentham’s ethical system has found its...

Author: Richard Norris

National Consultation on Children and Smartphone Usage

Felicific Calculus, Doom Scrolling, and Offences Against Oneself (and a pickled head in a jar)

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