ABSTRACT
Let me say at the outset that I agree with the central positive points, if not all of the details, that my colleague Richard Norman makes. This is not entirely unexpected since we have worked together over many years to promote ethical discussion and debate within our own university. As someone clearly identifiable as a theologian and Anglican priest within a pluralistic university, it has been immensely helpful to me to have a thoughtful and morally sensitive colleague who is explicitly a secular humanist. This is particularly important because I want all academics, students and administrators within the university to think and act ethically whether they see themselves as religious or not. Any belief that only the religious (or, equally, only the secular) can be ethical runs directly counter to this shared aspiration.
