On ABC’s ThDrum talking about Techno-Feudalism.
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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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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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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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Right so it’s the fourth video of the Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance series and I’m talking about when one can act on the right to resistance.
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It’s the third video in my online book launch for Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance. This video discusses what we mean by resistance which is a much discussed but under examined concept.
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Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance is now available in paperback with a further discount until the end of November 2021.
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Although Europe’s migrant crisis has abated, the politics and ethics of human migration remain one of the most contested issues today.
Today we will give you the City View on the politics of migration.
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I also featured on The World this Weekend with Martina Fitzgerald. I discuss how politicians breaking COVID-19 rules erodes public trust in the rule of law.
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Should people protest during a pandemic? My latest post for fifteeneightyfour argues that the risks posed by COVID-19 are not distinct, in a morally relevant sense, from the risks faced by previous generations of protestors who fought white supremacy.
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The genuine threat to liberty exposed by the coronavirus pandemic is that some of those who hold power believe that they ought to be above the law, above scrutiny, and above accountability. The actions of Trump, Johnson and Cummings may delight their base, but their supporters should bear in mind that a favoured slave is no less a slave.
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The coronavirus pandemic has produced a surge in philanthropic giving from some of the world’s wealthiest people. It is not surprising that they have enjoyed widespread praise and acclaim.
Indeed, it is well deserved. But the situation also illustrates a profound imbalance in society
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I’ve written a short piece on the ethics of resisting injustice for Aeon. The idea for it came as I was walking through London during the Extinction Rebellion protests. It is a cause that I felt a lot of sympathy, but didn’t join the active protest. The question that this raised was what do I owe these people who are resisting injustice. The answer it turns out was a lot of nothing.
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In December Cambridge University Press published my first book Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance. If you are interested in reading more the first ten pages of the book are available to everyone via this post.
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The threat of 'illegal economic immigrants' is often at the core of populist and alt-right politics in the West. Indeed, many otherwise liberal persons view these people as 'queue-jumpers' who ought to be sent to the back of the line. In this blog for Cambridge University Press I make the case for illegal immigration.
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Caroline Flint has alleged that Emily Thornberry blamed the Johnson’s triumph on the ‘stupidity’ of voters. Thornberry denies this and has begun legal action against Flint, but behind closed doors many people may think that democracy has a problem: it gives too much power to the stupid, ignorant, and misinformed. They just don’t have the stomach to publicly challenge the foundational belief that democracy is the cornerstone of a well-ordered state. Is this true?
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My new book Global Poverty, Injustice, and Resistance is now available for pre-order at Cambridge University Press, Amazon, and other on-line retailers.
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