We may believe some things far too easily

Over recent months we have seen how personal beliefs, however they are formed, play a visceral part in public discourse.

This is entirely natural. How else might events transpire, conclusions be reached, change introduced or stymied, unless we follow some sort of moral compass? That there are so many moral compasses, each followed with certitude, offers grist to the mill of public debate. That so many moral compasses offer contradictory, polarised readings seems to encapsulate a core characteristic of what it is to be human. To be human is to disagree.