Accountability and dissent in a just society

Freedom demands that people be able to speak without disproportionate consequences; accountability demands that people be answerable for how their words affect others. Neither principle can be realised without the other.

Do employers threaten free speech?

A new book by Josh Bornstein argues that corporations pose an increasing threat to public discourse and democratic debate.

The pen is mightier than the knife

Knife attacks are in the news after the murderous assault in Bondi Junction and the terrorist stabbing of a Bishop in Sydney, and a new book by Salman Rushdie reflects on his own survival from a terrorist knife attack in 2022 while he delivered a lecture on freedom of speech.

A safe space or an escape from accountability?

A new Journal of Controversial Ideas will allow academics to write under pseudonyms to escape the wrath of cancel culture and political correctness in our universities.