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Oxfam slams food brands for poor ethical performance
Oxfam has accused brand owners including Associated British Foods, Kellogg’s and Coca-Cola of not living up to their brand promises on ethics...
Toward a Science of Morality
An annotated response to Michael Shermer: Michael Shermer and I have been engaged in what I hope has been a productive discussion on the relationship...
Not Minding My Own Business: Leviticus, Morality, and Not Killing Gay People: Derek Penwell
Minding my own business. That’s all I was doing. A little catching up on social media, when I came across an article about a Colorado pastor,...
There is more to tragedy than meets the eye
IT was with a heavy heart I woke to the news that London nurse Jacintha Saldanha had died in a suspected suicide. The 46-year-old mother-of-two was...
Situational Ethics
Ethics are only genuine if they are consistent. The problem is that, by definition, ethics can’t be applied on a situational basis. You either...
Should We Give a Homeless Man Shoes?
It started out as the most heartwarming story of the week. A NYPD cop caught in the act of buying socks and shoes for a homeless man he saw barefoot...
Parents 'left in the dark' about ethics classes
Ethics classes are set to stay in New South Wales schools, but there are claims parents may not necessarily be told about them.
Opting out of religion only way in to ethics
PARENTS will not be told of the availability of ethics classes in their school until after they have opted out of special religious education, or...
Separation of scripture and ethics
Why is it that ethics classes and scripture classes need to be kept as separate options for parents? The current situation in New South Wales is...
Moral Evaluations of Harm are Instant and Emotional, Brain Study Shows
People are able to detect, within a split second, if a hurtful action they are witnessing is intentional or accidental, new research on the brain at...
South East Asia finally turning its back on execution
The movement to abolish the death penalty has finally gathered momentum in South East Asia, writes barrister Julian McMahon. Our leaders must...
Is Morality Flexible and Why Does it Matter?
Is it morally wrong for a brother and sister to make love? How about making love to a dead chicken? In studies using these dilemmas, people report...
Doing the right thing is the right thing to do
There’s an old maxim in military affairs: ‘lose moral authority, lose the war’! It’s most often quoted in the context of the...
Infidelity: A Moral Dilemma?
Gen. David Petraeus stepped down from his position as CIA director last week due to an extramarital affair with his biographer -- married author and...
Moral compass: is Australia a kind nation?
We’re in a state of moral decline in the West – or so we’re told. From sky-rocketing divorce rates and the shrinking of life-long...
Happiness may bring you more money, study says
Young people who express more positive emotions tend to have higher incomes by the time they're 29, a Proceedings of the National Academy of...
The flaw of an honorable man
The Petraeus affair — like some Ethics 101 thought experiment — is an exceptionally difficult test case in determining the proper...
Citizen Journalism Needs a Dose of Journalistic Ethics After Sandy
When Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast, traditional news media sources found it difficult to get reporters into the areas most affected by...
Four More Years...
Today we learnt that Barack Obama will be the President of the USA for another term. Much of the debate preceding Obama’s election victory...
Dutch treat for ethical investment
AS the founder of an ethical investor with $10 billion of assets under management, Triodos chairman and chief executive Peter Blom is keen to banish...
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