Philosophy & Psychology - Rationale Magazine

Thomas Lalevée 06/11/2024

Liberalism is at a turning point. The rise of the far right in Western democracies has challenged liberal values and ...

Gary Bakker 02/11/2024

An article appeared in my local newspaper in Tasmania recently on the issue of smacking children. I’m sure you’ve seen ...

Jonathan Meddings 16/10/2024

As I write these words, could I be writing something else? It seems intuitive to think I could. If I ...

Ned Curthoys 25/09/2024

Lyndsey Stonebridge begins We Are Free to Change the World, her illuminating biography of Hannah Arendt, by reminding us of her ...

Filippo Menozzi 31/07/2024

The US philosopher and literary critic, Fredric Jameson, once claimed that it is “easier to imagine the end of the world than ...

Cameron Shackell 27/06/2024

Forty years after his death in Paris on June 25, 1984, many of Michel Foucault’s once radical ideas now seem ...

Elizabeth Dangerfield 24/06/2024

According to all the advice on how to win friends and influence people, I should start this essay by explaining ...

Dr Myint Zan 21/05/2024

A stanza in the Buddhist text Dhammapada states: “There never was, there never will be, nor does there exist now ...

Manfred Kets de Vries 09/04/2024

Most people, at one time or another, act foolishly. However, truly ignorant individuals exhibit a lack of introspection and stubbornly ...

Oscar Davis 29/03/2024

Svend Brinkmann’s Think is a book in praise of the thoughtful life and an easygoing exploration of the role of ...

Jane Goodall 22/03/2024

What is post-liberalism? That is no simple question, though the simplest responses are given by those who identify with it ...

Victoria Fielding 05/03/2024

Australia has a problem with illegal migration. Well, no, not a collapse of Operation Sovereign Borders, or the offshore processing laws ...