In a world marked by wicked social problems, The Minefield helps you negotiate the ethical dilemmas, contradictory claims and unacknowledged complicities of modern life.
Ramadan — the importance of friendship
March 28, 2024
53:25
Ramadan — the discipline of solitude
March 21, 2024
53:27
Ramadan — the necessity of withdrawing
March 14, 2024
54:01
Q+A on “the wisdom of crowds”
March 7, 2024
53:19
How much credence should we give to “the wisdom of crowds”?
Feb. 29, 2024
52:47
When is it right to call some act – or someone – “evil”?
Feb. 22, 2024
53:34
From Beyoncé to Taylor Swift — what’s behind the mass appeal of live music events?
Feb. 15, 2024
54:21
What is the harm in “deepfakes” — and what are they doing to democracy?
Feb. 8, 2024
53:31
How can trust be cultivated in a time of pervasive suspicion?
Feb. 1, 2024
53:48
What do we lose by succumbing to conspiracy-mindedness?
Jan. 25, 2024
53:28
In a screen saturated age, is literacy under threat?
Jan. 18, 2024
53:30
What do we lose when we lose the capacity for boredom?
Jan. 11, 2024
53:54
Goya’s “Saturn” and its moral challenge
Jan. 4, 2024
53:32
Politics, farce ... and Fawlty Towers
Dec. 28, 2023
What are playlists doing to our ability to listen to music?
Dec. 21, 2023
53:20
Dickens’s philosophy of generosity: Revisiting “A Christmas Carol”, 180 years on
Dec. 14, 2023
How much should we expect from the state?
Dec. 7, 2023
Should drivers of electric vehicles be taxed more to use the roads?
Nov. 30, 2023
53:41
What is social cohesion, what cultivates it, and what undermines it?
Nov. 23, 2023
53:37
What is the moral case for a ceasefire in Gaza?
Nov. 16, 2023
52:21
What’s behind the anger? On Virginia Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own”
Nov. 9, 2023
54:10
Do we know what the result of the Voice referendum means?
Nov. 2, 2023
Is it time to reconsider Australia’s bipartisan commitment to “stopping the boats”?
Oct. 26, 2023
Some deaths matter more to us than others — but should they?
Oct. 19, 2023
53:43
Can young people stay politically engaged without becoming disillusioned with democracy?
Oct. 12, 2023
54:20
Travel is bad for the climate — but what if it’s also bad for us?
Oct. 5, 2023
54:23
What’s the point of blame? When is it right to forgive?
Sept. 28, 2023
00:40
Can democracy withstand the strategic use of online confusion?
Sept. 21, 2023
53:49
In a critical age, are we losing the ability to say why we love what we love?
Sept. 14, 2023
53:12
Facing the darkness: The moral challenge of Goya’s “Saturn devouring his son” (1823)
Sept. 7, 2023
When is a referendum an unethical way of resolving a political question?
Aug. 31, 2023
Should climate change make us rethink the ethics of nuclear energy?
Aug. 24, 2023
1 May 1956: Was Elizabeth Anscombe right to charge Harry Truman with murder?
Aug. 17, 2023
53:47
8 September 1974: Was Gerald Ford right to pardon Richard Nixon?
Aug. 10, 2023
59:09
Is there any benefit to boredom?
Aug. 3, 2023
54:08
Does AI pose a threat to human life — and if so, what kind?
July 27, 2023
54:03
Are cluster munitions a “lesser evil” in the war in Ukraine?
July 20, 2023
Why do we distance ourselves from our age?
July 13, 2023
What does it take to address a “wicked problem” like political corruption?
July 6, 2023
53:36
June 29, 2023
54:13
How to respond responsibly to the “cost of living crisis”?
June 22, 2023
53:18
Does the Voice to Parliament undermine Australia’s political traditions?
June 15, 2023
52:51
“Succession” — from tyranny to tragedy
June 8, 2023
53:40
Are Labor’s “stage three” tax cuts unjust and unethical?
June 1, 2023
53:55
Is Stan Grant’s decision the result of a broken media?
May 25, 2023
What is the human cost of success? Revisiting HBO’s Succession
May 18, 2023
52:56
What is the phenomenon of “bigness” doing to human agency?
May 11, 2023
Is loneliness a problem that can be solved?
May 4, 2023
53:35
Martial virtues, military conditioning, and moral damage
April 27, 2023
53:46
“An eye that cannot weep” — What does compassion demand of us?
April 20, 2023
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