Dr Mark Dooley

Philosopher, Journalist, Broadcaster

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There is no easy road to commitment. It demands work, effort and enthusiasm. To think that you can get commitment on the cheap is to misunderstand it.

There is no easy road to commitment. It demands work, effort and enthusiasm. To think that you can get commitment on the cheap is to misunderstand it.

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← Play binds children to the world and to others. It teaches them the value of commitment, of honour and courage. In the playground, on the street or in the garden, they acquire the affirmation and skills needed to develop into well-adjusted adults. At its best, commitment involves a promise to be faithful come what may. If true friendship demands such a promise, it is because friends must know they can rely on each other even in the darkest times. That is why friendship is not found but made, built up over time and cemented in trust. →
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New Book – Amazon.co.uk Bestseller!

Against the Tide is the definitive edition of the late Sir Roger Scruton's philosophical and political essays and reviews, now collected in one volume edited by Mark Dooley, Scruton's Literary Executor.  Right up until the last essay in this book ('My Year 2019'), Scruton proves himself to be at his most scintillating and controversial. He writes with passion and conviction about such varied topics as feminism, racism, fascism, Tony Blair and Donald Trump. In all cases he takes aim at those who defy conservative common sense in favour of liberal falsehoods. But with polymathic intelligence, he also writes of Michel Foucault, Male Domination, The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Monumental Egos and The Trump of Nothingness.  This book shows Scruton at his most brilliant and demonstrates how his influence will remain strong and will last. Like Christopher Hitchens' final collection And Yet, this new collection shows a writer at the height of his intellectual powers whose works will provide a philosophical legacy for many years to come. 

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