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
Labour is betraying women
From benefits to crime, Keir is letting women down
Whistler in black and white
A video artwork that aims to critique Rex Whistler’s controversial mural in Tate Britain lacks context and nuance
Scottish independence is dead, for now
But there is no room for complacency or appeasement
The curious incident of the dog and the tribunal
A welcome win for sanity on gender, freedom and the workplace
Conservatives listen to music too
Gatekeeping the “real” meaning of songs is foolish and futile
Imagine there’s no Gove
Who’s in the room matters, and there were some which would have been better off without Michael Gove
The election is still Trump’s to lose
His performance has been weak but his advantages are many
In defence of hereditary peers
Starmer’s spiteful plan for the Lords breaks an important intergenerational contract
In defence of hereditary peers
We should preserve Britain’s magical eccentricity
“Nice” people need to read this book
How women have been hounded throughout the gender wars