Introduction: Humane societies / Janet McCalman -- Through a cultural lens: the humane and the absolutist-relativist dilemma / Robert Tonkinson -- Universal regard for the particular: resources of the Catholic tradition for building a humane society / Andrew Hamilton -- Intimacy with postcolonial violence: notes from Indonesia / Ariel Heryanto -- Dignity, equality and the humane international society / John Fitzgerald --
Violence and benevolence: can one "design" for a humane society? / Moira Gatens -- Australian Academy of Humanities anniversary lecture: Decency and justice, voices from Australian margins / Mark Peel