Ian Robinson - Rationale Magazine

31 Jan

If you want peace in Palestine, don’t start from here!

01/02/2024
By Ian Robinson
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There is an oft-told joke about someone lost in a rural area who finally encounters a local and requests directions to their destinatio...

16 Sep

Law & Politics

The moral case for the Indigenous Voice

18/09/2023
By Ian Robinson
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The question of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia is fundamentally an ethical matter, though opponents often frame it in p...

27 Jul

Law & Politics

The Voice: Analysing the official No case

27/07/2023
By Ian Robinson
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The official No case for the Voice referendum – the pamphlet of which has just been published by the Australian Electoral Commission...

16 Mar

Philosophy & Psychology

The tyranny of story

16/03/2023
By Ian Robinson
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Story was once a tool for understanding the world and for improving it. The hero or heroine always defeated the monsters. Today, sto...

08 Aug

Business & Economics

How tax phobia cramps our future

08/08/2022
By Ian Robinson
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For many years, Australian governments with a vision for the nation have been hamstrung in their ability to fully realise their – and o...

20 Jan

History

Why I won’t be celebrating Australia Day on 26 January

23/07/2022
By Ian Robinson
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Most nations – the United States, Greece, Finland, India, Indonesia and many others – celebrate their national day on the day they stop...

11 Jan

Feature series

Does rationalism imply atheism?

17/12/2023
By Ian Robinson
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Is there a necessary connection between being a rationalist and being an atheist? To answer this, we must tease out what we mean by ‘ra...

02 Jan

Feature series

Rationalism and the meaning of life

07/09/2022
By Ian Robinson
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As editor of the Australian Rationalist and later as president of the Rationalist Society of Australia, I was often called upon to just...

05 Oct

Ethics & Religion

Not so different: Does religion deserve special protection?

04/08/2022
By Ian Robinson
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A new draft of the federal religious discrimination legislation proposes to give special rights to the words and actions of religious p...

Posts by Ian Robinson

About Ian Robinson

If you want peace in Palestine, don’t start from here!

The moral case for the Indigenous Voice

The Voice: Analysing the official No case

The tyranny of story

How tax phobia cramps our future

Why I won’t be celebrating Australia Day on 26 January

Does rationalism imply atheism?

Rationalism and the meaning of life

Not so different: Does religion deserve special protection?