The Ethics of Austerity
Today, the Con-Lib Coalition announces their full plan for spending cuts. Although many bits have been leaked, this will be the first chance we have to take the full measure of what is to come. Much...
View ArticleWhat We (Should Have) Talked About at ISA: The Politics of Humanity and The...
Men cannot live without seeking to describe and explain the universe to themselves. The models they use in doing this must deeply affect their lives, not least when they are unconscious; much of the...
View ArticleWhat We (Should Have) Talked About at ISA: The Politics of Humanity and The...
This is the final post in a series laying out a set of interrelated arguments I presented at this year’s ISA conference. The first post looked at the nature of human rights claims, while the second...
View ArticleThe Politics of Austerity: Emergency Economics and Debtocracy
austerity |ôˈsteritē| noun – sternness or severity of manner or attitude It was possible, therefore, to commit a sin without knowing that you committed it, without wanting to commit it, and without...
View ArticleEthical Encounters – The Special Ambiguity of Humanity
This is the second post in a series reflecting on contemporary global ethics that was originally organised as the Ethical Encounters in a Changing World panel for the 2015 ISA convention in New...
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