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Israeli forces intercept Gaza aid flotilla.

The world is cactus – take a pill for Gaza

3 October 2025 Jon Chesterson 9

The IDF (Zionist Israel) illegally hunted down the Flotilla just north, off the coast of Egypt in international waters throughout the night and early morning of Thursday 2 October 2025, under cover of darkness. The […]

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A Reflective Assessment of Goldstein’s MPs Through the Lens of Moral Disengagement

11 May 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Election 2025 – Ethical Reflections on Our MPs – past and present- and Democratic Duty By Sue Barrett As we wait with anticipation for the final count in the 2025 Australian federal election, the Goldstein […]

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Moral Disengagement in Action: AI Analysis of Liberal Party’s 2025 APS Cutbacks

28 April 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Steve Davies Election 2025: Important Update Moral Disengagement in Action: AI Analysis of Liberal Party’s 2025 APS Cutbacks About the Human : AI Coversation Grok’s overall assessment at the end of an exploratory dialogue […]

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Unmasking Robodebt’s Ghosts: Can AI Stop Moral Disengagement in Its Tracks?

24 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 0

By Steve Davies Background In light of the Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations public statement of 21 March 2025 I asked Grok to analyse her statement through the mechanisms of moral […]

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Moral Disengagement, Moral Engagement and the Myth of AI Bias

17 March 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Steve Davies Background For a year and a half I have been researching and developing approaches to using AI to address harmful behaviours and practices in government and its institutions. The cornerstone of that […]

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Moral Engagement – it’s a Walk in the Park

20 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 2

By Steve Davies A User Guide for Great and Caring Government People in Australia and, for that matter, in other democracies know there’s a lot wrong with politics and the conduct of government itself. Trust […]

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The Morrison Government: A textbook case of rampant, moral disengagement

13 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 4

Though our original site will still be up for another couple of years, it is a horrid thought knowing that it will eventually be gone, and with it, thousands of articles that are a record […]

When Leaders Act Like Dogs: A Time Without Shame

6 January 2025 AIMN Editorial 7

By Sue Barrett From Guardians to Guard Dogs: How Corruption and Moral Disengagement Are Undermining Democracy The phrase, “there will come a time where there is no shame, and leaders will act like dogs” has […]

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