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Philosopher's Zone · Wednesday · 36 min

Getting angry at the system

If I pick up a tree branch and smash your window with it, you're going to be angry, and your anger will rightly be directed at me. But if a tree branch smashes your windscreen during a cyclone whose intensity has been caused by global warming, you're still going to be angry — but who or what exactly should you be angry with? This week, a conversation about responsibility for systemic injustice. Guest: Stephanie Collins, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Monash University Melbourne Producer: David Rutledge *The 2026 Alan Saunders Lecture* - Alexandre Lefebvre on 'The return of the moral state: politics and the good life', Thursday September 24 6.30 pm - register here

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If I pick up a tree branch and smash your window with it, you're going to be angry, and your anger will rightly be directed at me. But if a tree branch smashes your windscreen during a cyclone whose intensity has been caused by global warming, you're still going to be angry — but who or what exactly should you be angry with? This week, a conversation about responsibility for systemic injustice.

Guest: Stephanie Collins, Associate Professor in Philosophy, Monash University Melbourne

Producer: David Rutledge

*The 2026 Alan Saunders Lecture* - Alexandre Lefebvre on 'The return of the moral state: politics and the good life', Thursday September 24 6.30 pm - register here

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