Vittorio Bufacchi

UCC

Dr Vittorio Bufacchi is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at UCC. He is the author of Social Injustice (2012) and Violence and Social Justice (2009). He is a former Irish Research Council awardee.

A Cicero memorial in Rome, Italy: Everyone has heard of Julius Caesar, while Cicero is largely forgotten. Photo: Getty Images

Forget Caesar! Why we need to listen to Cicero

Don't make the same mistake as the Romans, listen to Cicero to save us from populism and authoritarianism

Philosophy • 24 Oct

The internal components of a cluster bomb found in a field near Lysychansk, eastern Ukraine, in May 2022. Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images

Is there a moral justification for the use of cluster bombs?

'This is possibly the first time that cluster bombs will be used by a State inside their own territory, which changes everything'

Military • 12 Jul

Boris Johnson: 'in the last few days, we have seen yet again Johnson's utter contempt for conventional constitutional practice.'

How much damage has Boris Johnson done to the UK?

Johnson had made buffoonery his own trademark, but his antics have thrown the UK constitution into deep disarray

Politics • 08 Jul 22

Russian president Vladimir Putin: 'if he unleashed mercenaries and other dogs of war on the civilians of Ukraine, then he is responsible for their actions'

Is Putin responsible for Russia's war crimes in Ukraine?

The Russian president's claims about Ukraine do not justify the war crimes and other human rights atrocities we have already seen

War Crimes • 23 Apr 22

'Most rich nations are guilty of this unscrupulous accumulation of Covid-19 vaccines'

Is vaccine hoarding a kind of genocide?

The preventable death of many people in poorer countries is a foreseeable side-effect of hoarding by the few in rich nations

Philosophy • 06 Oct 21

What did we learn about ourselves during the pandemic?

'If there is one lesson I hope we will learn about ourselves during this pandemic, it is what it means to be human again'

Philosophy • 02 Jun 21

'Right now, the UK and the EU are not in a good place'

There is clearly no trust between the UK and the EU when it comes to Brexit and the Northern Ireland protocol

Northern Ireland • 04 Mar 21

Incoming Italian prime minister Mario Draghi:

Can Super Mario save Italy?

Everyone seems to agree that incoming prime minister Mario Draghi's mission is to save Italy, but save it from what exactly?

Italy • 15 Feb 21

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin giving a State Apology in the Dáil after the findings laid out in the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes

Ireland's complex relationship with shame

After the report into the Mother and Baby Homes, we need to rethink shame and especially its relation to violence

Society • 14 Jan 21

Supporters of US President Donald Trump inside the US Capitol yesterday. Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images

How the US Capitol riots put democracy under attack

The storming of the US Capitol was an act of terrorism intended to put an end to the democratic process

United States • 07 Jan 21