Philosophy

Sydney-based think tank the Centre for Independent Studies puts out a quarterly magazine called Policy. The latest issue features a piece titled 'The Rise of the Opinionators' by Peter Saunders which suggests that: "In the last 50 years, people’s … [Read more...] about Why are The Opinionators also ‘Environmentalists’?

The Weekly Times, a rural Victorian newspaper, had a feature this week on animal rights. It reports on a group called Voiceless that plans to work with school children against the eating and wearing of animal products. Interestingly Voiceless … [Read more...] about Against Wearing & Eating Animal Products

I am a student studying Australian Politics as a course at University, and I have an environmental question to give a presentation on: "How does environmentalism challenge how we think about Australian Politics?" I'm at a bit of a loss, can anyone … [Read more...] about Environmentalism & Politics: A Question

There is no opinion, however absurd, which men [and women] will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is generally adopted. Arthur Schopenauer (1788-1860) … [Read more...] about On Absurd Opinions

According to yesterday's Sydney Morning Herald, Australia's most influential catholic, Archibiship George Pell, in a speech to US Catholic business leaders, said Western democracy was ... suffering a crisis of confidence as evidenced by the decline … [Read more...] about Archibishop Comments on “Hysterical” Global Warming Claims