'Who is my neighbour?' covers a number of issues:
Political culture, parties and democracy
"The different parties have failed to offer attractive visions of the kind of society and culture they wish to see, or distinctive goals they might pursue. Instead, we are subjected to sterile arguments about who might manage the existing system best. There is no idealism in this prospectus."
Role of the state
"When law and regulation intrude too far into everyday life, they create a "chill factor" where anxiety about the rules prevents people acting freely, sensibly or with wisdom, even in areas which are not, in fact, governed by official regulations."
Society
"The ideals that The Big Society stood for should not be consigned to the political dustbin - they could still be the foundation for the new approach to politics, economics and community which we seek."
Economy
"Our political life would be equally enhanced if it were possible to speak about markets, business and the profit motive as an impressively effective system of distribution in a complex society and hugely liberating of human creativity - but one which also tends to entrench inequality, diminish human sympathies and, unchecked, damage the conditions for its own flourishing."
Poverty & Inequality
"In Britain, material inequality continues to widen".
"It has been widely observed that the greatest burdens of austerity have not been born by those with the broadest shoulders - that is, those who enjoy a wide buffer zone before they fall into real need. Those whose margin of material security was always narrow have not been adequately protected from the impact of recession"
"we have seen the burgeoning of in-work poverty - people who, despite working hard, cannot earn enough to live decently."
Welfare
"Stirring up resentment against some identifiable "other" always dehumanises some social group or people. Ethnic minorities, immigrants, welfare claimants, bankers and oligarchs - all have been called up as threats to some fictitious "us". They become the hated "other" without whose presence among us all would be well"
Health
"The extent of loneliness in society today, with the attendant problems of mental and physical health, is one indication of how far we have drifted into a society of strangers".
"Most people, when asked, subscribe to some version of the idea that all people are created equal. Yet this is contradicted in the way that some categories of people are spoken about - people who are sick, disabled, terminally ill or otherwise unable to live the life that a consumer society celebrates; people who are unable to work, materially poor or mentally ill in ways which challenge "acceptable" ways of being unwell".
Immigration
"There is a growing appetite to exploit grievances, find scapegoats and create barriers between people and nations."
"The politics of migration has, too often, been framed in crude terms of "us" and "them" with scant regard for the Christian traditions of neighbourliness and hospitality. The way we talk about migration, with ethnically identifiable communities being treated as "the problem" has, deliberately or inadvertently, created an ugly undercurrent of racism in every debate about immigration."
Education
"The purpose of education is not simply to prepare people to be economic units but to nurture their ability to flourish as themselves and to seek the flourishing of others."
Environment
"We need an honest account of how we must live in the future if generations yet to come are not to inherit a denuded and exhausted planet."
Defence
"Shifts in the global strategic realities mean that the traditional arguments for nuclear deterrence need re-examining".