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Janna Thompson

Janna Thompson (1942–2022) was most recently an Adjunct Professor at La Trobe University. Her research focused on political and moral philosophy. Tim Oakley pays tribute to her here.

Books & arts Janna Thompson 3 December 2021 Can philosophy really cure good people of bad thinking?
Books & arts Janna Thompson 28 July 2021 “I dine, I play a game of backgammon, I converse, and am merry with my friends,” observed philosopher David Hume, before dragging himself back to his desk Books & arts Janna Thompson 14 May 2021 A biography of biochemist Jennifer Doudna raises hard questions about where genetic research is heading Books & arts Janna Thompson 7 April 2021 Books | Are reports of philosophy’s death premature? From the archive Janna Thompson 24 February 2021 The afterlife of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible
Books & arts Janna Thompson 8 December 2020 When ethical views come pre-packaged, it’s hard to have productive conversations
International Janna Thompson 9 June 2020 How the reputation of a “good Confederate” was made and unmade Books & arts Janna Thompson 22 October 2019 Books | Most of us are cosmopolitan, but how does that mean we should behave? Essays & reportage Janna Thompson 28 May 2019 Is there a way to escape the paradox presented so movingly by Stan Grant? International Janna Thompson 30 April 2019 Reparations for slavery have moved from the fringes of American political debate
Books & arts Janna Thompson 23 December 2018 Television | The BBC’s big-budget remake illustrates how perspectives have changed
Books & arts Janna Thompson 3 December 2018 Books | Identities are best worn lightly and critically, argues the British-born Ghanaian-American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah Books & arts Janna Thompson 23 November 2018 Opera Australia’s production deftly undercut the dark side of one of the composer’s best-known works Books & arts Janna Thompson 16 January 2018 Books | Most people want to live an ethical life, argues Michael Ignatieff in his latest book Books & arts Janna Thompson 19 July 2017 Books | Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of public life. It’s a highly ambitious goal, and would it necessarily be desirable?
Books & arts Janna Thompson 20 April 2016 Books | Transcendence, meaning, social purpose: religion has gripped a remarkable range of thinkers, says Janna Thompson
From the archive Janna Thompson 2 February 2016 Bertrand Russell’s classic raises old questions about new problems Books & arts Janna Thompson 3 June 2015 Books | Usually a good thing in personal relationships, loyalty is less straightforward amid the pressures of organisational life, writes Janna Thompson Essays & reportage Janna Thompson 23 February 2015 As the hundredth anniversary of the Armenian genocide approaches, Janna Thompson considers the nature of the crime Books & arts Janna Thompson 5 November 2014 How we should accommodate and respect the values of people who aren’t like us? A new book has some of the answers, writes Janna Thompson
Summer season Janna Thompson 12 August 2014 Does Christianity’s “original sin” help us understand Western culture in the twenty-first century? Books & arts Janna Thompson 1 April 2014 In Culture and the Death of God Terry Eagleton explores the persistence of religious ideas in political life and culture Books & arts Janna Thompson 25 February 2014 In her latest book political philosopher Martha Nussbaum looks at what drives people apart and how we can bridge those divides, writes Janna Thompson