Ethics news:
archived news stories
Each week we archive the Ethics News stories collected from the previous week. Follow the links below to view these archives.
2008 archives
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4 March 2008:
Apology to the stolen generations and indigenous reconciliation, eating lamb vs eating whales, discussing Islamic law, US election ... and more.
2007 archives
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20 December 2007:
The 'sorry' debate, the Sudanese teddy bear, climate change, women and the death of feminism, smoking and children, the election of the Rudd Government, censorship ... and more.
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6 December 2007:
Foreign aid, the ugly Australian, religion, climate change politics, free speech, politicians and social networking, democracy in Pakistan ... and more.
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13 November 2007:
The dangers of alcohol, addiction, 'good lies', the environment, the ethics of watching sport, hysterectomies and disabled women, execution and executioners, idleness and evil, terrorists and Islam ... and more.
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17 October 2007:
The Chaser and APEC security, revealing medical records, multiculturalism, extravagance and waste, Anita Roddick, Osama bin Laden and the environment, obesity, the ethics of mobile phones, China and children's toys ... and more.
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12 September 2007:
Social responsibility, dark side of the web, learning from the past, women's sport, Second Life, Hiroshima, intellectual property, terrorists soldiers ... and more.
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9 August 2007:
Religion and terrorism, doctors and terror, alcohol and men, child abuse, being overweight, recycling, values in America, stealing paperclips ... and more.
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5 July 2007:
The ethics of Big Brother, carbon trading, Islam in the west, Darfur, banning heterosexuals, atheism and fundamentalism, nuclear power ... and more.
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31 May 2007:
David Hicks, the US and moral authority, bikinis and feminism, the ethics of Big Brother, drugs and zero tolerance, the environment, indigenous issues, corpses and consent ... and more.
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24 May 2007:
Euthanasia, obesity, cluster bombs, lifestyle vs the environment, takeovers, ethics of voting, wellbeing of soldiers in Iraq, green companies, secularism in Turkey, guns in the United States ... and more.
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9 May 2007:
Hate and free speech, human rights, therapeutic human cloning, American civil rights movement, home schooling and evangelists, internet porn and kids, the ethics of buying exotic plants ... and more.
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17 April 2007:
War in Iraq, civilisation vs barbarism, health and morality, gun ownership, male teachers, democracy in business ... and more.
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20 March 2007:
disunity in the Anglican church, access to pharmaceuticals, democracy, global warming, feminism, marriage ... and more.
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1 March 2007:
sport and alcohol, unemployment, a fair go, safe sex, death camps and tourism, the environment, multiculturalism ... and more.
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20 February 2007:
Fashion and anorexia, patriotism, a fair go, wealth and happiness, equality for women ... and more.
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29 January 2007:
Ethics and attending Christmas parties, Christmas and clashing values, the environment, troops in Iraq, the ethics of fatherhood ... and more.
2006 archives
nb. For most of 2006, Ethics News was on hold while the website upgrade project was underway.
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18 December 2006:
Aid and the environment, poverty and pop stars, e-waste, corporate pedophilia, real sex in films, truth in media ... and more.
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20 November 2006:
The environment, defending values, religious hatred, US elections and war in Iraq, political correctness, women and work ... and more.
2005 archives
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16 November 2005:
fear and controlling the masses, sedition and the arts and media, racism and free speech, intelligent design and faith in science, unethical ethics committees, French riots, US torture policies, chivalry, sex education ... and more.
9 November 2005:
loss of utopia, return of the caliphate, sedition laws, anti-terrorism laws, drugs and capital punishment, the life of Rosa Parks, DNA and race, the dangers of body counting ... and more.
26 October 2005:
lawyers and money, values in schools, marketing to children, obesity, capital punishment and Australia, legislative threats to freedom, Bali bombs, enforced democracy, Saddam trial, stem cells, mental health, causes of terrorism ... and more.
5 October 2005:
fear and politics, anti-terror laws and tyranny, a bill of rights, relying on government, stem cells, the Nobel Peace Prize, death of Simon Wiesenthal, bullying, consumerism, the environment and tourism, stealing hotel toiletries, drugs and the fashion industry ... and more.
21 September 2005:
feminism and hijab, patriotism, natural disasters and civilisation, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, freedom vs security, journalism ethics, anonymity and the internet, the environment, cloning, fat Americans ... and more.
7 September 2005:
politicians and indiscretions, media ethics and responsibility, racism vs sexism, aftermath of hurricane Katrina, animal rights and science, addressing terrorism, the age of intolerant tolerance, drugs, stem cell hype, pornography and exploitation ... and more
24 August 2005:
protecting children, humanitarian crises and the media, the Piano Man mystery, perceptions of Islam, religious reformation, information technology and high achievers, the office bludger, human progress and the environment, evolution, sex and feminism, safe sex, being a 'mate' ... and more
17 August 2005:
family values, technology changing the way we live, space exploration and risk, ethical travel, Japan's WWII atrocities, Israeli pullout from Gaza, legislating against hate, civil liberties and terrorism, human rights in Iraq, psychology and Big Brother, porn addiction, abortion ... and more
10 August 2005:
60th anniversary of Hiroshima, justice and Guantanamo, freedom of speech and censorship, multiculturalism, indigenous communities and welfare, the ethics of aid, globalisation, animal rights, terrorism, infidelity and cricket, the environment ... and more.
3 August 2005:
Hiroshima: what would you have done?, Nazi relations, the limits of free speech, certainty, terrorism and freedom, multiculturalism, execution of an innocent man, IRA and terrorism, artificial feeding and right to life, executive salaries, AIDS and morality, children and consumerism, the environment ... and more.
27 July 2005:
the virtue of courage, free speech and terrorism, spirituality and the machine, religion and public life, multiculturalism, London bombings and blame, dilemma of the police marksman, holding soldiers to account, porn and popular culture, failure, abortion, judging Steve Vizard ... and more.
20 July 2005:
Harry Potter and good and evil, human rights and terrorism, multiculturalism and terror, confronting terrorism, the unwinnable war, truth and science, moral vs legal right, immigration detention, consumption vs wellbeing, the environment ... and more.
13 July 2005:
focus on London bombings: apologists for terrorism, the bombings and war in Iraq, terror and religion, Islam and violence, state of fear vs state of calm ... and more. Also stories about Christianity and debt, the G8 summit, Live 8 and love-ins, micro solutions to macro problems, the Saddam trial and war ... and more.
6 July 2005:
the ethics of hunting whales, human rights abuses in Sudan, Zimbabwe and China, ending poverty, the G8 summit, aid and Africa, aid and popstars, gay prejudice, hostage taking, the environment and sinning, speaking ill of the dead, Shane Warne and lies ... and more.
29 June 2005:
parliamentary democracy, corruption and us, pop stars and influence, poverty, vilification and free speech, abortion and crime, bioethics, the UN, compromises, migration, giving and business, reputation, the wisdom of zoos ... and more.
22 June 2005:
giving things away, community activism, release of Douglas Wood, chequebook journalism, racism made easy, being unAustralian, refugee detention, the Michael Jackson case, African debt, burning oil and coal, Big Brother backlash ... and more.
15 June 2005:
the meaning of life, the ethics of Bob Geldof's Live 8, ending poverty, challenges in Africa, racism, sex tourism, fat and fiction, hating vegetarians, the Michael Jackson trial, nuclear energy, compliments and beauty ... and more.
8 June 2005:
the polite society, making poverty history and Live 8, Aboriginal reconciliation, liberty, the Schapelle Corby case, the coming out of Deep Throat, female circumcision, Big Brother and ethics, whaling ... and more.
1 June 2005:
volunteering, status anxiety, music piracy, Australian treaty, refugee policy, Schapelle Corby, free speech online, the ethical case for animal research, gambling, torture, boycotting Israel, rape ... and more.
25 May 2005:
rights and wrongs of torture, the media and Guantanamo, challenges of biotechnology, having a green baby, porn and feminism, the right to life, celebrities and the media, the situation in Uzbekistan ... and more.
18 May 2005:
corporate social responsibility, deportation and immigration, religion and education, religion and government, the Michael Jackson trial, torture, suicide bombings, sexual slavery, girls and beauty, jewellery and death ... and more.
11 May 2005:
life and religion, intolerance in Australia, the truth about Hitler, WW2 war crimes, sex and a teacher, media and terrorism, torture, environmentalism and economics, the youth of today ... and more.
4 May 2005:
holding animals for ransom, humour and the dying Pope, atheism, feminism, nuclear energy and the environment, corporate social responsibility, war in Iraq, plagiarism, IVF ... and more.
27 April 2005:
the price of warfare, awarding of medals, truth and war, relativism, the papacy, the Michael Jackson trial, education and imprisonment, Aboriginal reconciliation, corporate social responsibility in the US, risk and ethical investment ... and more.
13 April 2005:
giving up on race, living wills, poverty, the Pope and AIDS, indigenous land rights, visiting Zimbabwe, privacy, kids and media, virtual adultery, nuclear power and the environment, nuclear weapons ... and more.
6 April 2005:
the Pope's legacy and replacement, deaths of Terri Schiavo and Paul Hester, deaths we ignore, poverty, the Corporate Responsibility Index, ethics and employment, fundamentalism, motherhood ... and more.
30 March 2005:
playing Adolf, assisted death, politics and death, science and religion, bio-ethics, detention of asylum seekers, the Asian tsunami, filesharing ... and more.
23 March 2005:
what makes a hero, ending life support, assisted dying, abortion, media and cultural bias, consumerism, the dangers of being green, no-fault divorce ... and more.
16 March 2005:
the effort of ethics, evil and fascination, genocide, truth and language, blame and responsibility, choice, indoctrination, poverty ... and more.
9 March 2005:
Being a 'slacktivist', the death of corporate social responsibility, viewing violence, pornography as a career choice, war in Iraq, fundamentalism, abortion, the royal visits, drugs usage, capital punishment ... and more.
2 March 2005:
the tsunami, childhood abuse, women and work, adoptions, riots in Sydney, smoking, honour killings, torture, the royal wedding ... and more.
23 February 2005:
featuring promoting our generosity, immigration detention, censorship of pro life women, torture, ethics and universities, ethical weddings, animal experiments, drugs and alcohol, the sexual revolution ... and more.
16 February 2005:
featuring inequality in the home, open marriage vs monogamy, abortion, world's oldest mother, cloning, immigration detention, aid, volunteering, privatisation, global warming ... and more.
9 February 2005:
featuring crime and evil, happiness, aid and proselytising, drawing the line on decency, war crimes, the abortion debate, perils of porn, plagiarism, poverty ... and more.
2 February 2005
Featuring charity and the Asian tsunami, disasters and war, the 60th anniversary of Auschwitz, the world's oldest mum, Iraqi elections, suicide bombers, the freeing of Mamdouh Habib, the anti-smoking lobby and free speech ... and more.