Ethics news:
archived: 17 October 2007
Ethics News is regularly updated with links and introductions to ethics-related news stories gathered from all over the web. We regularly archive the stories collected.
Feel-good apology of little use to young dead from abuse
Here we go again. Smug white folks have reactivated the "sorry" debate, demanding our new political leaders demonstrate their non-racist bona fides by apologising on behalf of the nation for the "stolen generation" ... more.
The Sydney Morning Herald - 6 December 2007
Sudanese teddy saga lays bare Islamic inferiority complex
That the British teacher Gillian Gibbons required a presidential pardon to avoid 15 days' imprisonment in Sudan for blasphemy over the naming of a teddy bear surely represents the high watermark of absurdity ... more.
The Sydney Morning Herald - 6 December 2007
Australia can lead the way on climate
'We have already entered an era of dangerous climate change. We now know that the dynamics and inertia of our social and economic systems, if left unchecked or inadequately addressed, will sweep us on to ever more dangerous change ... more.
The Sydney Morning Herald - 6 December 2007
Bali will be a test of leaders' resolve
We have read the science. Global warming is real, and we are a prime cause. We have heard the warnings. Unless we act, now, we face serious consequences ... more.
The Age - 5 December 2007
Blame women for the death of feminism
I imagine when the Berlin Wall came down in 1989 to the sound of general rejoicing, there still might have been some observers watching on with saddened hearts ... more.
The Age - 4 December 2007
Got a secret? Trust me I'm a journalist. Just kidding
The news media believe secrecy is unhealthy and you cannot take governments on trust, but a day would not go by without journalists quoting anonymous sources and asking readers to trust their veracity ... more.
The Age - 4 December 2007
Cars with children should be smoke free
Imagine if you saw some children being locked in a small room, tied down so they couldn't escape and then forced to inhale a toxic cloud of chemicals that could cause a wide range of serious illnesses ... more.
The Age - 6 December 2007
Lack of development: that's the real disaster
An Oxfam report suggests climate change has led to a quadrupling of weather-related disasters. It pays to interrogate such heated claims. Are we seeing the disastrous consequences of global warming already? ... more.
Spiked Online - 28 November 2007
The Rudd to nowhere
What the victory of Kevin Rudd's Labor Party in Australia reveals about John Howard, the Culture Wars and the state of contemporary electoral politics. ... more.
Spiked-Online - 27 November 2007
Girls now the sum of their body parts
The girl stood at the edge of the pool, hesitating. Her family encouraged her to join them. What was wrong? She usually loved the water. But this time it was different. She was wearing a dressing-gown over her bathers. She didn't want to take it off ... more.
The Australian - 6 December 2007
How did we get to Censor-Me Street?
The television abbreviation AO brings back such fond, titillating memories. The Adults Only censorship rating from the '70s seemed so much more lascivious back then than do the current M or MA incarnations ... more.
The Australian - 3 December 2007
United to win
The election this weekend will be neither free nor fair, and the West should say as much. An election, as the word implies, must offer a choice. Yet there is no real choice for voters among candidates for the Russian parliament ... more.
The Economist - 29 November 2007