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The Margins of Morality

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●NEW — WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM: THE SCREAM OF A REVOLUTION · 5 MIN READ ●NEW — TRAINSPOTTING: THE CULTURE OF THE ‘COOL’ DRUG · 5 MIN READ ●NEW — NEURODETERMINISM, LIBERTARIAN FREE WILL, AND NEURAL JURISDICTION · 12 MIN READ ●NEW — HER BODY, HER CHOICE, HER EQUITY STAKE · 6 MIN READ ●NEW — ‘KINDA CHIC TO DEBATE POLITICS’: HOW GEN Z MARKETING TALKS DOWN TO WOMEN · 4 MIN READ ●NEW — GROUNDED PRICES: WHY FLIGHTS STILL COST SO MUCH AFTER COVID · 4 MIN READ ●NEW — THE INSANITY DEFENCE, EXPLAINED · 4 MIN READ ●NEW — THE COMMODIFICATION OF SLEEP · 3 MIN READ ●NEW — DID THE PANDEMIC NORMALISE AUTHORITARIANISM? · 10 MIN READ ●NEW — WOMAN, LIFE, FREEDOM: THE SCREAM OF A REVOLUTION · 5 MIN READ ●NEW — TRAINSPOTTING: THE CULTURE OF THE ‘COOL’ DRUG · 5 MIN READ ●NEW — NEURODETERMINISM, LIBERTARIAN FREE WILL, AND NEURAL JURISDICTION · 12 MIN READ ●NEW — HER BODY, HER CHOICE, HER EQUITY STAKE · 6 MIN READ ●NEW — ‘KINDA CHIC TO DEBATE POLITICS’: HOW GEN Z MARKETING TALKS DOWN TO WOMEN · 4 MIN READ ●NEW — GROUNDED PRICES: WHY FLIGHTS STILL COST SO MUCH AFTER COVID · 4 MIN READ ●NEW — THE INSANITY DEFENCE, EXPLAINED · 4 MIN READ ●NEW — THE COMMODIFICATION OF SLEEP · 3 MIN READ ●NEW — DID THE PANDEMIC NORMALISE AUTHORITARIANISM? · 10 MIN READ
Special Report · Politics · Law

Woman, Life, Freedom:
The Scream of
a Revolution

Iran's vague hijab laws, a revolution's slogan, and the gap between what a state can legislate and what its people will accept.

Elsa Seyedzadeh · Politics · Law Desk · 5 Min Read
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“Thousands of women simply stopped consenting to it, one ordinary afternoon at a time.”
— Elsa Seyedzadeh, Woman, Life, Freedom
Kiran Umashankar, Founder
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Hi! Welcome to The Margins of Morality. Our journal will keep you informed on the past, present and future events that shape current society. Student journalism is declining with the rise of political apathy — we aim to change that.

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Trainspotting: The Culture of the ‘Cool’ DrugEthics
Neurodeterminism, Libertarian Free Will, and Neural JurisdictionPhilosophy
Her Body, Her Choice, Her Equity StakePolitics
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Politics · Law

Woman, Life, Freedom: The Scream of a Revolution

Iran's vague hijab laws, a revolution's slogan, and the gap between what a state can legislate and what its people will accept.

Elsa Seyedzadeh5 min · Oct 12
 Ethics

Trainspotting: The Culture of the ‘Cool’ Drug

From Mark Renton's toilet dive to Victorian laudanum: why drug culture can look glamorous long before the consequences arrive.

Danae da Rocha5 min · Oct 12
 Philosophy · Ethics

Neurodeterminism, Libertarian Free Will, and Neural Jurisdiction

How neural processes shape human behaviour, weighing libertarian free will against fMRI evidence of neural jurisdiction.

Dania Khan12 min · Oct 12
 Politics

Her Body, Her Choice, Her Equity Stake

Sydney Sweeney's Novig advert, the athletes who answered it, and the regulatory gap underneath it.

Aymin Yenen6 min · Sep 25
 Politics

‘Kinda Chic to Debate Politics’: How Gen Z Marketing Talks Down to Women

From ‘kinda chic’ debate ads to the ‘girlie’ trends, a look at whether we find marketing aimed at young women silly because it is, or because it is feminine.

Sofia Ganea4 min · Oct 12
 Economics

Grounded Prices: Why Flights Still Cost So Much After COVID

Six years on, tickets cost about a fifth more than in 2019. Supply shortages explain part of it, pricing power explains the rest.

Chloe Menezes4 min · Oct 12
 Ethics · Law

The Insanity Defence, Explained

Having a mental illness is not the same as being legally insane. How courts decide where responsibility ends.

Zoya Zaidi4 min · Oct 12
 Politics

The Commodification of Sleep

Sleep tracking, ‘sleepmaxxing’ and a trillion-dollar sleep economy: how a basic biological function became a product.

Yaz Haddadine3 min · Oct 12
 Politics

Did the Pandemic Normalise Authoritarianism?

A comprehensive analysis of the democratic public's response to COVID-19 measures. Shortlisted for the John Locke Essay Competition 2026.

Kiran Umashankar10 min · Aug 23
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