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MINORITY RIGHTS | What does a liberal society have to say about cultural appropriation?
In recent decades there as been a rise in scholarship debating liberalism as a potential threat to multiculturalism. Cultural plurality...
FEMINISM | Let's talk about the pay gap...
Until recently, I’ve struggled with the idea of a gender pay gap. The term itself insinuates that there is a difference in pay between...
JESUS CAMP | Is Child Indoctrination Acceptable?
“Jesus Camp” was a very evocative documentary. It received a lot of critical acclaim for being an honest and impartial exposé of the...
CONDITIONS OF FAIRNESS | What are we entitled to?
Recent emphasis in evaluation of political institutions and policies has shifted from the conceptual analysis of the meaning of power or...
ETHICS & LAW | Defending the Guilty
The law is a system of rules which a community accepts and recognises to regulate the actions of its members. When any members are...
FUNNY GAMES | Horror Fans: Adrenaline-Junkies; Inquisitive Souls; or Simply Sadists?
A horror experience involves an experience of both fear and revulsion; two emotions that are considered to be negative, yet manage to...
MEMENTO | Personal identity; is Leonard Shelby a cold blooded killer?
Christopher Nolan’s psychological thriller film “Memento” (2000) is a fictional representation of severe anterograde amnesia. The...
TOTAL RECALL | Epistemology; what is knowledge, what can be known, and what does Quaid know?
Verhoeven’s 1990 film “Total Recall” explores the field of epistemology, presenting a situation that questions the concept of knowledge...












