27 AUGUST 1994, page 24

Sir: May I Be Permitted A Quibble In Response To

Richard Dawkins's admirable defence of the scientific attitude. As a principle of his 'rational moral philoso- phy', Dawkins offers 'the greatest happi- ness of the greatest......

Exciting England

Sir: It is clear that normal appeals to the institutions of our Government to limit the encroaching powers of the Social Service Family Destruction Department are prov- LETTERS......

Quhy Not?

Sir: Neither Professor Goodhart (Letters, 13 August) nor perhaps even Richard Dawkins (`An atheist's vision of life', 6 August) seems to appreciate that the ques- tion Why? has......

Letters Topsy Turville

Sir: I write to comment on 'A little local difficulty' (13 August). In that article, Mr Jeremy Paxman attacked the PCC for upholding the right of Mr Alistair Home to express his......

Sir: Peregrine Worsthorne Is Wrong When He Says (letters, 20

August) that we didn't offer to have the inner-city children who stayed last summer at Turville Vicarage to supper. We entertained them over two days to a barbecue and a good......

Sir: It Is Strange That Alistair Home Should Have Told

Peregrine Worsthorne that he has received no answer to his question of how inner-city school children would spend their time during their summer holidays in Turville. Alistair......

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