167. THERE CAN BE NO JUSTICE THROUGH BLOODSHED - Israel, Gaza, Palestine, and the need for some different thinking.

October 22, 2023 by DaN McKee in Anarchism, Death, Ethics, Identity, Immigration, History, Justice, Perception, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Punishment, War

“Politics should not be a team sport. When it is, we’re doing it wrong. Usually because we’ve been manipulated by those who benefit from the division. It should never be Israel versus Palestine. My team versus yours. It should be ensuring our collectively assured mutual existence, always. Finding new ways to live together. Mutual aid. Walls and borders torn down. Sharing instead of seizing. Acknowledging wrongdoing and finding a way forward.”

135. UNLOCKING CAGES - Language, Asylum, Immigration and Abolition

November 07, 2022 by DaN McKee in Communication, Immigration, Identity, Justice, Meaning, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Punishment, Racism

“When one takes a step back and realises that amidst all the language of ‘asylum seekers’, ‘detainees’, and ‘illegal immigrants’ what we are really talking about is human beings, it is hard not to hang your head in shame at the way our country routinely treats certain human beings.“

130. THE TRIAL & EXECUTION OF SOCRATES - A guest writer reflects on Socrates and asks: 'is democracy a tyranny'?

September 25, 2022 by DaN McKee in Ethics, History, Justice, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, Punishment

“The same law which produces justice can be unjust and immoral if interpreted by a tyrant. Tyranny in democracy is almost undetectable because the whole system is depicted to be busy in the service and security of people. But what if the people become a tyranny? Sometimes the fanaticism of the majority, or the sophistry and rhetoric of the minority, can take the shield of law and trample moral codes.“

110. THERE IS NO JUST WAR - There Is Just...War

February 28, 2022 by DaN McKee in Anarchism, Authentic Democracy, Economics, Ethics, Justice, Militarisation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Politics, War, Punishment

“It is the concept of nations that lies at the root of the problem of war. It is the global economic systems of manipulated scarcity, inequality and hoarding that motivates taking by violence what can’t be gained legitimately. When we ignore the underlying motivations of invasion and speak only of the good and the bad, we sweep under the rug the tricky truth that we are all culpable for maintaining a global political system that nurtures the conditions for war far more than it inculcates the conditions for peace.“

88. ANSWERING SOME QUESTIONS - Correspondence on Justice

June 28, 2021 by DaN McKee in Q&A, Anarchism, Authentic Democracy, Justice, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Punishment, Politics

“Many months ago, a student suggested several topics I might like to cover on future Philosophy Unleasheds. While I did one straight away, the remaining questions were soon lost to time as life got in the way and I forgot about the email entirely…“

58. WHAT DOES JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? - When Both Black Lives And Abolition Matters

September 28, 2020 by DaN McKee in Anarchism, Black Lives Matter, COVID19, Culture, Death, Militarisation, Philosophy, Philosophy Unleashed, Racism, Justice

“Breonna deserves justice. She should not be dead right now and the police killed her. But if I advocate the imprisonment of the police that killed her I am not advocating justice. I am advocating more barbarism. I am advocating the continuation of the prison industrial complex. I am advocating justice only when it suits me and injustice where it doesn't.“