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Philosophy & Psychology

Je Suis Mill

This is an edited extract from a dinner speech to the Liberal Club of the University of Melbourne, delivered on ...
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Law & Politics

A review: The struggle for India’s soul

What precipitated Shashi Tharoor’s new book, The Struggle for India’s Soul: Nationalism and the Fate of Democracy, is the path ...
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Law & Politics

Both facts and fake news about the Russian invasion of Ukraine are spread on social media

As the story goes, in the 1780s, a former lover of the Empress of Russia wanted to impress her with ...
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Education

112 years on, Religious Instruction remains controversial in Queensland

The genesis – pun intended – of Religious Instruction (RI) in Queensland state schools has its roots in a 1910 ...
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Science & Health

Scientists, working together, can prevent future pandemics

Costly delays in reporting and responding helped COVID-19 spread. But the failures that saw it become a pandemic were of ...
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Science & Health

Assisted dying and palliative care: An argument for ‘chewing gum’

In his classic book Straight and Crooked Thinking – now in its fifth edition (2011) – Robert H. Thouless describes many ...
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