What is techno-feudalism? I comment on Yannis Varoufakis’s new thesis about the death of capitalism.
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On ABC’s ThDrum talking about Techno-Feudalism.
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In this article I examine whether the use of nucelar weapons in the Second World War was justified and whether nuclear weapons can ever be used with a clean conscience.
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Guess who is joining the University of Sydney?
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We are starting a new series on Republicanism. This is the first episode looking at the revival of republicanism in contemporary political philosophy.
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The panel discusses how Donald Trump’s indictment could impact his 2024 election run, the recipients of the King’s Birthday Honours and should corporate employers be able to decide what staff wear?
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Host: Ellen Fanning Panel: Margy Osmond, David Blunt, Mick Gooda, Preeya Alexander The panel discusses the Prime Minister’s expression of frustration about the ongoing detention of Julian Assange, and ahead of tomorrow’s Coronation, calls for King Charles III to apologise for the Monarchy’s colonial legacy.
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I appeared on The Drum to talk about Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement. Lots of fun.
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I am very happy to have contributed to this excellent volume on the inequalities produced or exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Late last year Elon Musk made an intervention in the Russo-Ukrainian War. His 'peace plan' was well received in Moscow, but not anywhere else. Why was Musk pilloried for this intervention when the ultra-wealthy have been celebrated in other areas of international affairs?
This is the topic of my new piece for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
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Would you save a drowning child? Of course you would, but does this mean you need to give away all your disposable income? We look at Peter Singer’s drowning child thought experiment.
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The video series on Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance wraps up with a video on the ethics of assistance. What do we owe people resisting injustice?
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Most people have a strong intuition that innocent people should be immune to deliberate harm, but in this video I look at three hard cases and relate them to the problem of global inequality.
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I was on The Philosopher’s Zone with David Rutledge to discuss the ethics of philanthropy in the face of billionaires playing an increasingly important role in international politics. It was good fun!
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New research! I’m happy to announce that International Affairs has published my article on the influence of the Gates Foundation on global health. It argues that transnational philanthropy has a problem of justice, despite good intentions, because it possess uncontrolled power over the human rights of millions of people.
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What is the point of a theory of justice if it can’t motivate action? Does political philosophy need to inspire action in the real world?
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Andrew Mueller, Aliona Hlivco and Gwilym David Blunt on the day’s biggest news, including Ukraine’s grain exports, the Pope’s tour in Canada and what we know of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest so far.
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Boris Johnson’s UK premiership is left hanging by a thread after a wave of government resignations.
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On 7 June 2020, a statute of the philanthropist Edward Colston was torn off its plinth and thrown into Bristol Harbour. This was done by protestors drawing attention to how Colston’s charitable works were built on slavery, racism, and empire. It is a vivid illustration how history resonates into contemporary politics both locally and globally
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