Covid-19: Political Turmoil and the Opportunity for Change
Revolutionary socialists have long argued crisis hails an opportunity for economic change. Which societal changes should Covid hail in?
- Jun 22, 2020
- 5 min
What makes a protest violent?
Are we using the same word to describe both bodily violence and illegal damage to property? What are the implications of this on protests?
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- Jun 19, 2020
- 10 min
COVID-19: Why the threat to democracy depends on the context
How can suspended democracies represent our interests? In less stable states with socioeconomic instability, which interests are legitimate?
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- Jun 15, 2020
- 7 min
On Toppling Monuments, Discomfort, and “People Like Us”
How ought we adjudicate between the discomfort of those who feel statues represent oppressive views, and those who value attachment to them?
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- Jun 12, 2020
- 5 min
Statues, Philosophy, and Charitable Interpretation
On statues: do philosophers' recent interpretations of activists and preservationists expose a disconnect between philosophy and reality?
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- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
Cosmopolitanism, Nationalism and Closed Borders in the Covid-19 Era
Does the closing of borders due to CoVid19 signal states are inherently nationalistic? Or are globalists right to emphasise interdependence?
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- May 30, 2020
- 7 min
Can Moral Philosophy Tell You Who Should Get the Ventilator?
Moral philosophy seeks answers to the toughest choices we face, such as tragic decisions between who lives and dies. Is this possible?
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- May 27, 2020
- 6 min
Have our governments become too powerful? Corona and the State of Exception
Governments have been afforded substantial emergency powers to deal with CoVid19. Does this leave us subject to authoritarianism?
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- May 24, 2020
- 7 min
Responding to Coronavirus: the worst affected are not only our moral patients
Covid19 shows how deep our inequality is. Equality requires more than redistributing resources, doing only this may perpetuate the problem.
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- May 17, 2020
- 7 min
A democratic duty to test for CoVid-19 infection rates?
Can states legitimately choose lives or the economy? Yes, but only if they respect a democratic duty to test and publish rates of infection.
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- May 12, 2020
- 7 min
Who is to blame? Scapegoating and gaslighting in the era of Covid-19
In response to the CoVid-19 crisis, the US has responded with unfair blaming and scapegoating. Why is this, and, when is blame justified?
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- May 8, 2020
- 6 min
VE Day reflections: Patriotism is our defence against nationalism
What does it mean to be patriotic? The left are criticised as being nationalistic when they adopt the concept. This is an unfair confusion.
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- May 6, 2020
- 5 min
Is it wrong to be a lockdown hypocrite?
‘Do as I say, not as I do’ After a series of resignations by high profile lockdown breakers, Nikhil asks: can hypocrites still be critics?
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- May 2, 2020
- 6 min
The left must spearhead immigration justice
The left has experienced much recent success but is this at the sinister cost of committing to the right's restrictive immigration stance?
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- Apr 29, 2020
- 6 min
CoViD-19: The Great Leveler or the Great Sieve?
If CoViD-19 is 'the great leveler' of citizens, why then are the effects are felt so disproportionately by the most vulnerable?
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- Apr 26, 2020
- 6 min
Looking Inward: Why we are turning to nationalism to face an international threat
Coronavirus anywhere is a health threat everywhere. We face a common threat, so why is the lure of nationalist policy so tempting?
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- Apr 21, 2020
- 6 min
How we failed to recognise our (un)skilled workers
'Unskilled' workers are now essential. Health workers have become our heroes. Why did we not recognise these people before?
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- Apr 18, 2020
- 6 min
Should governments prioritise lives, or the economy?
Should governments do everything they can to save lives or should they be concerned about the economic consequences of life-saving policies?
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- Apr 15, 2020
- 4 min
Kantian views of the person: the missing touch
In this time where those of us with disability may be isolated, Euan asks whether they are adequately considered by political theorists.
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- Apr 11, 2020
- 4 min
Has our freedom really been restricted?
With current restrictions making many of us miss our freedom, this piece argues that we may be able to regain it through new understanding.
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- Apr 8, 2020
- 4 min
Why social connection means we should be socially distant
Why should we social distance even when others don't? Are we to blame for increasing transmission rates if we haven't infected anyone?
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