POLITICS,
PHILOSOPHY AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES
John Kilcullen
This website is a collection of
links to things I have written over the years, some arising from
academic work, some from political involvement.
POLITICS
The
Israel/Palestine Conflict: How did it begin? Will it ever end?
Recognition of Palestine as a State
Justifying
Israel's Actions in Gaza
Statements by
ALP leaders about refugees formerly detained on Manus and
Nauru.
A First Reading of
the Australian Constitution (for students of Australian
politics: the constitution in one frame, explanation beside it).
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on 2004 Election
The Free
Enterprise Philosophy: For and Against.
Australian politics: refugees; climate change; parties and elections; etc.
PHILOSOPHY
The Ethics
of Belief and Inquiry
Pierre Bayle on
the Rights of Conscience
Self-determination and
the right to form government
Roberto Michels: Oligarchy
John Rawls The
Original Position
Some reflections
on the history of political thought
Reading guides:
Thucydides, History I-V, VI-VII;
Plato, Gorgias,
Protagoras,
Phaedrus;
Aristotle, Politics;
Hobbes, Leviathan;
Adam Smith, Wealth of
Nations; Marx, Capital;
Rawls, Theory of
Justice.
Other reading guides and lectures in Political
philosophy
MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY
Medieval Philosophy: An Introduction
Ockham's
philosophy and theology
Medieval Theories of Natural Law
Medieval and Modern
Concepts of Rights
The Origin of Property: Ockham,
Grotius, Pufendorf, and some others
Medieval elements in
Descartes
See also: Pages arranged by Topic
Texts
and Translations online.
Twitter: @RJKilcullen
bsky: @rjkilcullen.bsky.social