Raimond Gaita: Justice and Hope

Raimond Gaita is Honourary Professorial Fellow in the Melbourne Law School and Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College London. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. The University of Antwerp awarded him the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa “for his exceptional contribution to contemporary moral philosophy and for his singular contribution the role of the intellectual in today’s academic world”.

His books include Good and Evil: An Absolute Conception, Romulus, My Father, which was made into a feature film of the same name, A Common Humanity: Thinking About Love & Truth & Justice, The Philosopher’s Dog. After Romulus, as editor with Gerry Simpson, Who’s Afraid of International Law and, most recently, edited by Scott Stevens, Hope and Justice: Essays, Lectures and Other Writings.

Richard King is an author and critic based in Fremantle, whose work has appeared in The Australian, The Age, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Independent, The Monthly, Griffith Review, The Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin, Overland, New Matilda, Australian Book Review, The Best Australian Poems, The Best Australian Science Writing and a host of other publications. His first book, On Offence: The Politics of Indignation, was published by Scribe in 2013, and his second, Here Be Monsters: Is Technology Reducing Our Humanity? was published by Monash University Publishing in 2023. His latest book is Brave New Wild: How Technology Will Save the Planet (and Other Dangerous Fallacies). King is a contributing editor to Arena Quarterly, focusing on the relationship between culture and technology. His website is bloodycrossroads.com.