Robert Johnson‘Intersectionality’ is a meaningless, harmful academic idea. ‘Context’ is the rational version.I’ve always been confused by ‘intersectional’ claims about oppression. This is the idea that different types of prejudice or oppression…Sep 26, 2020Sep 26, 2020
Robert JohnsonThe Conservatives are the party of the economy, and yet we are still having to cut vital public…In the UK, for the first time in our recent history, we seem to be facing not just a constant threat of recession, but an entire crisis of…Feb 16, 2019Feb 16, 2019
Robert JohnsonRandomness: The Influential Concept Which Doesn’t ExistWe live our lives hastily believing in a concept called randomness. More than we would imagine. I don’t just mean that we chalk up things…Apr 6, 20181Apr 6, 20181
Robert JohnsonThe Easily Solved Philosophical Problem Which Ruined World PoliticsMost political ideology can be entirely traced back to the failure of moral philosophers to solve a problem which tied them in knots for…Apr 5, 2018Apr 5, 2018
Robert JohnsonImmigration, Religion and Terrorism: Woolwich, 5 Years On.In May 2013 a British Army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby, was viciously hacked down by religious extremists in Woolwich.Apr 4, 2018Apr 4, 2018
Robert JohnsonAre ‘Endangered Species’ Charities Okay?Scarcely a week goes by without us hearing about a species being threatened with extinction, or becoming a victim of it. Most of us will…Apr 3, 2018Apr 3, 2018
Robert JohnsonWhen Ethics and Art CollideIt’s difficult to read a headline like that without imagining it being about some form of art which, intentionally or not, tries to…Apr 2, 2018Apr 2, 2018
Robert JohnsonIn Defence of NegativityNegative doubters have always found a welcome home in books and movies. Countless tales — from 1984 to the Hunger Games — regale the…Apr 1, 2018Apr 1, 2018
Robert JohnsonThe Charity DelusionWe spend our lives wrapped up in our personal struggles, striving to achieve our hopes and make something of ourselves, but we do so safe…Mar 31, 2018Mar 31, 2018
Robert JohnsonNationalism: The Modern Day Snake Oil in PoliticsPolitics is complicated. Successive governments, all over the globe, try and often fail to solve the social problems for which they are…Mar 30, 2018Mar 30, 2018