Life in the time of COVID
Before COVID-19, one of my recent research projects focused on refutations of anti-natalist arguments; specifically, that of David Benatar. Anti-natalists hold that having children is unethical, and Benatar bases this…
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Will Corona leave behind a decent, more caring, society?
Over the first three months of the Corona virus outbreak in South Africa, a netto number of 7500 lives have been saved. This means, with the death toll from the…
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Values and choices
It is now over three months since South Africa’s national lockdown was announced. Even as restrictions begin to ease, we all continue to adjust to the abrupt changes to our…
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‘A view from solidarity’ and ‘A view from Environmental Ethics’
At the beginning of April, just after the first phase of South Africa’s hard lockdown at level 5 was announced, I, together with a number of colleagues from Southern Africa…
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Beyond the pandemic: problems of the past, present, and future
Many of the differential effects of the global catastrophes we face today can be traced to pre-existing socio-political and economic realities. We have seen this in the last decade with…
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Moral injury and health care workers at the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic
Having a keen interest in ethical themes in global mental health and psychiatry, I have been particularly concerned about the long-term impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on…
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In defence of uncertainty
So much of everyday life depends on trust: trust that tomorrow will arrive, that nothing catastrophic will happen when it does, that our plans will work out and life will…
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Being and management
Our department has, on the whole, coped remarkably well with the Covid situation. A number of students have told us that our teaching and general level of organisation have been…
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