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
Self-determination
and the right to form government
Reciprocity
arguments for toleration
Philosophy
and Religion; Religion
and Politics; Separation
of Church and State
Pierre Bayle: The Rights of Conscience
Locke: Political
Obligation
Adam Smith: Moral Sentiments; Wealth of Nations
Darwin: On the Moral
Faculties
Marx: Capitalism
Weber: Bureaucracy; Capitalism
Michels: Oligarchy
Rawls: The Original Position; Decisions in the Original Position; Liberty
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
Scotus and Ockham on free
will.
Ockham's
philosophy and theology
Medieval and Modern
Concepts of Rights
The
Origin of Property: Ockham, Grotius, Pufendorf, and some
others
Medieval elements in
Descartes
Medieval elements in
Berkeley, Locke and Hume
See also:
Texts and Translations
online.
Twitter: @RJKilcullen
bsky: @rjkilcullen.bsky.social