Ian Robinson - Rationale Magazine

16 Sep

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?

07/09/2022
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...

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