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Israeli forces intercept Gaza aid flotilla.

The world is cactus – take a pill for Gaza

3 October 2025 Jon Chesterson 13

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 3

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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