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
My police stalker
What do you do when you are being targeted by someone within law enforcement?
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry
A guide to British electoral vocabulary
From “adviser” to “woman”, here is what it really means
The thorn in Starmer’s side
Why does Rosie Duffield scare the Labour leadership?
All politics is existential now
NatCon DC was a reminder of the urgency of our political moment
Are the grown ups really back in charge?
Centrist commentators are wallowing in limp clichés instead of asking serious questions about policy
Do feminists speak for all women?
To speak on behalf of women is not to speak for or over them
Losing the battle, losing the war
The most pernicious effect of aligning art with political activism is that the distinction between the two is lost
The British Holocaust cover-up that wasn’t
A fanciful and convoluted conspiracy theory has blighted the reputation of the Channel Islands