Property, ownership and the travesty of mining on Aboriginal lands

Friday, 24 February 2023 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Jennifer and Jacques explore the meanings of ownership and property in western thought, and how concepts of land use and productivity have been used to justify the dispossession of first nations people.

References

Gnuse, R (1985) You Shall Not Steal: Communiy and Property in the Biblical Tradition. New York: Orbis Books

Jurczak, P. (2019) Ch.10 - The Nature of Property in Introduction to Philosophy. Simple Book Publishing.

Emmanuel Kant in 1795 'Zum ewigen Frieden, ein phil' (Towards an eternal Peace: a philosophical proposal):

'America, the black countries, the spice islands, the Cape, etc. were for them, as they were discovered, lands which were not owned by anyone; because they didn't consider their inhabitants to be anything."

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am
Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.

Presenter

Jennifer Borrell & Jacques Boulet

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