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Family relationships in the moral maze

Family relationships in the moral maze

The Royal Family's trauma to one side, how much should kinship matter?

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Melanie Phillips
Jan 12, 2023
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On BBC Radio’s Moral Maze this week, we discussed the nature of family obligations. While no family is likely to experience such a public falling out as demonstrated by Prince Harry’s denunciation of his father, brother and stepmother, it’s nevertheless the case that rows, resentments and grudges are commonplace family events. So are our moral obligatio…

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