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Torture is Never Right

23 June 2009

Torture is always wrong. Perhaps never that uneqivocally however, it can be shown, in moral terms, as a terribly bad idea. Below is more or less the only example that is used by people who argue in favour of torture, and show how it is bogus. Imagine that terrorists have planted a bomb… well, it doesn’t matter [...]

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Drugs May Destroy You; Marijuana Probably Won’t

31 May 2009

Today I will be outlining my case that the use of drugs should be legalised. Because this case involves several angles and applies equally to all drugs in use today, It is more easily set out in conjunction with Herbet J. Taylor’s four-way test. So firstly, I am going to look at some of the assumptions [...]

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Why I am a Climate Activist

24 May 2009

Being a climate activist can be a very draining business. Being aware that humanity is, on its current emissions path, going to face terrible increases in global temperatures, rising sea levels, chaotic and highly destructive weather events, the loss of land for growing food, and a diminishment of water security, is concerning. But time after [...]

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A Vision of the Future - The Fundamental Values Shift

12 April 2009

I was recently in Bonn, Germany, for the UNFCCC talks, sitting on a panel of young people at a conference side event where we talked about ‘Re-defining Pragmatism’. During the questions, I was asked one of the toughest questions that I’ve had to publicly respond to in a long time… “What is your vision for [...]

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Everyone is a Stakeholder

07 April 2009

I love how they have senate submissions and ask stakeholders to contribute. Arguably on every issue, but particularly on climate policy, every single global citizen is a stakeholder. But I’m not sure if they could handle 7 billion submissions. The Australian people are facing a catastrophe if we do not act to mitigate the threat of [...]

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The USA is Back, but Not Good Enough

30 March 2009

THE USA IS BACK! But still not good enough. Well, that was refreshing. A few hours ago, the new US administration made their first public input into the UNFCCC process! It was yet another pleasurable reminder that G.W. Bush is gone, and that his legacy is slowly dying. Todd Stern, the new, much-celebrated, US Special Envoy on Climate Change, [...]

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Progress

21 March 2009

When one considers the social progress that has been made in the course of human history, there is a great deal to be grateful for. We used to live in societies where women and non-whites were subjugated, where sexual expression was repressed,

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