Tag: Truth & lies
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Boycott or engage
Philip Wright The recent call for a boycott of Pork by Animals Australia raises a number of ethical questions around the use of boycott (named after...
Hypothetical putanesca
John Bevins John Bevins was asked some weeks after attending the Rozelle Feast Day hypothetical, The ‘Ethics of Pork Production, Distribution...
WikiLeaks has not gone far enough
Jake Goldenfein Before a full house at Sydney’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas, the question was posed to Julian Assange, “Has WikiLeaks...
Environmentalists should give up on sustainability
John Bevins At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas John Bevins attended Richard Denniss’ talk about why sustainability isn’t sustainable and...
How to tell a lie
While truth-telling may benefit us all personally by creating communities based on trust, people often choose to tell a lie. Jackie Randles muses on...
The perils of debating 'truth' with 'power'
An interesting dilemma arose for us during the production of this edition of Living Ethics that we feel demonstrates both political spin and ethics...
Politics, lies and promises
I suspect that very few people enjoy telling a deliberate lie. Yet, if history is anything to go by, a reasonable part of what is promised during the...
When promises are not promises
Like the vast majority of people everywhere I have told lies in my life. Nothing too serious – just the small, expedient lies that are so easy...
Personal hygiene and the ethics of telling the truth
Time: 0630 hrs. Season: Winter. Location: Collins Street – just outside the Sofitel. Having crossed the road – enjoying the crisp, early-...
Answering the question: "Is the Easter Bunny real?"
One of my enduring memories of childhood is of being taken on an Easter outing to visit ‘Puffing Billy’. Part of the day was also spent...
Are business liars true blue?
On 28 June 1992 Alan Bond was convicted for criminal dishonesty. For a number of business people, Bond's fate will have concentrated their minds...
A time to lie?
The 'robber barons' of the 1980s seemed to laugh with scorn at values such as integrity and fair dealing. A number of them traded in deceit,...
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