Ben Bramble
Dr. Ben Bramble is a lecturer in philosophy at the Australian National University. In 2019-2020, he was a Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellow at Princeton University. He is the author of Pandemic Ethics: 8 Big Questions of COVID-19, available open access for free download here.
Covid-19 orthodoxy and awkward looks
While questioning orthodoxies often has great value, it can also present dangers
Why the orthodox Covid-19 narrative is right
In measuring the nastiness of Covid-19, we need to look at what could have happened had we not locked down
Don’t tell feminists what our priorities should be
We know the seriousness of the issues that affect us, thank you
When youth becomes period drama
The stakes feel very high when our younger years become the stuff of popular entertainment
Death of the model railway?
Not so fast — this is one railway network Beeching can’t cut, and its built of life long fascination
The return of Spencerian liberalism
Richard Hanania is a figure of fun for many, but he represents a broader return to liberalism’s sinister origins
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
Why do we mourn the unborn?
Our attitudes towards children in the womb are hopelessly confused
NATO’s unhappy birthday
The world is growing more dangerous and its members need the will to confront new challenges
The deep wisdom of rootedness
Society has lost touch with the people and places who helped to shape it in the first place
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
We should oppose “voluntary resettlement” out of Gaza
It is wrong for the Palestinians and for the world