During the pandemic, there was a sudden renewal of interest in Harold Ramis’s 1993 film “Groundhog Day” — especially its bleaker aspects. But this missed its sophistication and humanity, to say nothing of its acute depiction of moral growth.
When is a referendum an unethical way of resolving a political question?
Should climate change make us rethink the ethics of nuclear energy?
1 May 1956: Was Elizabeth Anscombe right to charge Harry Truman with murder?
8 September 1974: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?
Is there any benefit to boredom?
Does AI pose a threat to human life — and if so, what kind?
Are cluster munitions a “lesser evil” in the war in Ukraine?
Why do we distance ourselves from our age?
What does it take to address a “wicked problem” like political corruption?
What are playlists doing to our ability to listen to music?
How to respond responsibly to the “cost of living crisis”?
Does the Voice to Parliament undermine Australia’s political traditions?
“Succession” — from tyranny to tragedy
Are Labor’s “stage three” tax cuts unjust and unethical?
Is Stan Grant’s decision the result of a broken media?
What is the human cost of success? Revisiting HBO’s Succession
What is the phenomenon of “bigness” doing to human agency?
Is loneliness a problem that can be solved?
Martial virtues, military conditioning, and moral damage
“An eye that cannot weep” — What does compassion demand of us?
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