28 Jan Philosophy & Psychology Suicide as catastrophe and as calculation 23/07/2022 By Paul Monk 0 comments The August 2021 issue of Harper’s magazine has a cover story headed ‘What are the odds? The Troubled Quest to Predict Suicide’. The ess... Continue reading
10 Jan Letters to the Editor A reality check for Covid-19 claims 07/09/2022 By Rationale Magazine 0 comments Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. Dear Edi... Continue reading
23 Nov Letters to the Editor No sin, no Christianity 02/07/2022 By Rationale Magazine 1 comment Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. Dear Edi... Continue reading
20 Nov Law & Politics Conscientious objection in Australia: A comparison between VAD and abortion 09/09/2022 By Ronli Sifris 0 comments Conscientious objection is defined, according to Peter Butt, as "an objection to partaking in certain forms of behaviour … on moral gro... Continue reading
30 Oct Business & Economics Dollar signs of the times: Big business and climate change 04/08/2022 By David James 0 comments The upcoming Glasgow Climate Change Conference will feature presentations from many politicians, experts and consultants, but it is unl... Continue reading
05 Oct Ethics & Religion Not so different: Does religion deserve special protection? 04/08/2022 By Ian Robinson 0 comments A new draft of the federal religious discrimination legislation proposes to give special rights to the words and actions of religious p... Continue reading
01 Jul Letters to the Editor Thanks for the ‘therapy’, Australian Rationalist 02/07/2022 By Rationale Magazine 0 comments Dear Editor, I am a new reader of your magazine. Reading it shone an unforgiving light on a niggling feeling in my gut, which would ... Continue reading
01 Jun Ethics & Religion The truth by the numbers: Religion in Australian society 04/08/2022 By Paul Monk 0 comments RSA Fellow Neil Francis is producing a multi-part study for the Rationalist Society: Religiosity in Australia. The first installment, Continue reading
14 Mar Ethics & Religion Out in the open: Should candidates for parliament state their religious affiliations? 09/09/2022 By Peter Adamson 0 comments When I read Meredith Doig’s comment about "a new breed of 'muscular' Christians (Australian Rationalist, December 2020), some of them C... Continue reading