The Minefield

944 - The decency of everyday life — are unwritten rules enough to sustain a good society?

In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.

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944 - The decency of everyday life — are unwritten rules enough to sustain a good society?

Thu, 09 May 2024
943 - What will endure? The ethics of “Groundhog Day”

Thu, 02 May 2024
942 - After the stabbings in Sydney — Grief? Anger? Revenge?

Thu, 25 Apr 2024
940 - What’s fueling the tension between the courts and the media?

Thu, 18 Apr 2024
939 - What would the moral obligation to avoid civilian deaths look like in Gaza?

Thu, 11 Apr 2024
937 - Ramadan — the rediscovery of society

Thu, 04 Apr 2024
936 - Ramadan — the importance of friendship

Thu, 28 Mar 2024
935 - Ramadan — the discipline of solitude

Thu, 21 Mar 2024
934 - Ramadan — the necessity of withdrawing

Thu, 14 Mar 2024
933 - Q+A on “the wisdom of crowds”

Thu, 07 Mar 2024
932 - How much credence should we give to “the wisdom of crowds”?

Thu, 29 Feb 2024
931 - When is it right to call some act – or someone – “evil”?

Thu, 22 Feb 2024
930 - From Beyoncé to Taylor Swift — what’s behind the mass appeal of live music events?

Thu, 15 Feb 2024
929 - What is the harm in “deepfakes” — and what are they doing to democracy?

Thu, 08 Feb 2024
928 - How can trust be cultivated in a time of pervasive suspicion?

Thu, 01 Feb 2024
927 - What do we lose by succumbing to conspiracy-mindedness?

Thu, 25 Jan 2024
926 - In a screen saturated age, is literacy under threat?

Thu, 18 Jan 2024
925 - What do we lose when we lose the capacity for boredom?

Thu, 11 Jan 2024
924 - Goya’s “Saturn” and its moral challenge

Thu, 04 Jan 2024
923 - Politics, farce ... and Fawlty Towers

Thu, 28 Dec 2023
922 - What are playlists doing to our ability to listen to music?

Thu, 21 Dec 2023
921 - Dickens’s philosophy of generosity: Revisiting “A Christmas Carol”, 180 years on

Thu, 14 Dec 2023
920 - How much should we expect from the state?

Thu, 07 Dec 2023
919 - Should drivers of electric vehicles be taxed more to use the roads?

Thu, 30 Nov 2023
918 - What is social cohesion, what cultivates it, and what undermines it?

Thu, 23 Nov 2023
917 - What is the moral case for a ceasefire in Gaza?

Thu, 16 Nov 2023
916 - What’s behind the anger? On Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”

Thu, 09 Nov 2023
915 - Do we know what the result of the Voice referendum means?

Thu, 02 Nov 2023
914 - Is it time to reconsider Australia’s bipartisan commitment to “stopping the boats”?

Thu, 26 Oct 2023
913 - Some deaths matter more to us than others — but should they?

Thu, 19 Oct 2023
912 - Can young people stay politically engaged without becoming disillusioned with democracy?

Thu, 12 Oct 2023
911 - Travel is bad for the climate — but what if it’s also bad for us?

Thu, 05 Oct 2023
910 - What’s the point of blame? When is it right to forgive?

Thu, 28 Sep 2023
909 - Can democracy withstand the strategic use of online confusion?

Thu, 21 Sep 2023
908 - In a critical age, are we losing the ability to say why we love what we love?

Thu, 14 Sep 2023
907 - Facing the darkness: The moral challenge of Goya’s “Saturn devouring his son” (1823)

Thu, 07 Sep 2023
906 - When is a referendum an unethical way of resolving a political question?

Thu, 31 Aug 2023
905 - Should climate change make us rethink the ethics of nuclear energy?

Thu, 24 Aug 2023
904 - 1 May 1956: Was Elizabeth Anscombe right to charge Harry Truman with murder?

Thu, 17 Aug 2023
903 - 8 September 1974: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?

Thu, 10 Aug 2023
902 - Is there any benefit to boredom?

Thu, 03 Aug 2023
901 - Does AI pose a threat to human life — and if so, what kind?

Thu, 27 Jul 2023
900 - Are cluster munitions a “lesser evil” in the war in Ukraine?

Thu, 20 Jul 2023
899 - Why do we distance ourselves from our age?

Thu, 13 Jul 2023
898 - What does it take to address a “wicked problem” like political corruption?

Thu, 06 Jul 2023
897 - What are playlists doing to our ability to listen to music?

Thu, 29 Jun 2023
896 - How to respond responsibly to the “cost of living crisis”?

Thu, 22 Jun 2023
895 - Does the Voice to Parliament undermine Australia’s political traditions?

Thu, 15 Jun 2023
894 - “Succession” — from tyranny to tragedy

Thu, 08 Jun 2023
893 - Are Labor’s “stage three” tax cuts unjust and unethical?

Thu, 01 Jun 2023

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