All Living Ethics articles
Below are all articles which have been published in Living Ethics, our newsletter, and have also been published on this website.
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The significance of saying sorry
While the recent apology to Indigenous Australians was warmly endorsed by a large...
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Principles and politics
Australia has been witness to a number of disturbing revelations flowing from investigations...
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Are all women sluts?
All Women are Sluts was one of the topics at this year’s Festival of Dangerous Ideas...
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Beyond apathy: ordinary citizens make a difference
One of the most important things to note about the Occupy Wall Street movement, and its...
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Combating corruption
The United Nations Global Compact Network Australia has established an Anti-Corruption...
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Contemplating communication ethics
It’s so easy to criticise the ethics of professional communicators. After all, it...
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Dying with dignity
Ever since humans came to live together we have needed rules for our conduct, in order to...
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Ethics in public life
Public life is that vast collection of political, cultural, social and economic structures,...
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Government information in a changing world
It is widely acknowledged that information is a valuable resource. The right information at...
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How dangerous is The Peaceful Pill Handbook?
Is it morally permissible to help someone commit suicide if they cannot kill themselves...
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Occupy as a rite of passage
There will always be ‘occupy’ movements, because societies need new metaphors...
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Occupy Wall Street: The search for a message
As the Occupy Wall Street phenomenon grows, it has been expressing many truths, even while...
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Spinning out of control
Vodafone Egypt claiming credit for the Arab Spring. Advertisers hoodwinking consumers with...
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Sustainability reporting
With a membership of more than 132,000 finance, accounting and business professionals across...
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Why have an Age Discrimination Commissioner?
The Federal Attorney-General recently decided to amend the 2004 Age Discrimination Act to...
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A reflection on the life of Margaret Olley
Margaret Olley was a member and friend of St James Ethics Centre for many years....
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A response from Save the Children
As a child rights charity, we constantly ask ourselves the hard questions about...
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Censorship of a humanitarian crisis
In mid-August 2011, a friend uploaded some video footage to Facebook of two small...
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Civil unrest in Britain: where does responsability lie?
The recent civil unrest in Britain has prompted much discussion about...
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Sheer survival: choices in war
The recent arrest of Ratko Mladic for war crimes in Bosnia has increased the...
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The agony and the ecstasy of Steve Jobs
The death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs on 6 October 2011 prompted tributes from...
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The boundaries of justifiable disobedience
In the early hours of 13 May 2011, Michael Fox climbed on top of the Sydney...
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The crisis of legitimacy
With untold riches flowing from the Libyan oil fields, a vast store of weapons,...
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The death of the starving child
We've all seen the phot of the vulture loitering near the small African child...
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Who runs Britain? The politicians or the journalists?
Janet Malcolm, an American author who took a keen interest in current affairs,...
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Are you for real?
Yes, I’m a philosophy student, and yes, that chair is real.
There is...
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Ethi-Call: the good decision line
We all face ethical dilemmas, challenges and issues in our professional and...
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Ethics counselling, a commitment to the difficult path of discovery
The art of ethics counselling, in one sense, is the totality of its associated...
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Foundation launch at Admiralty House
On a balmy april evening St James Ethics Centre Patron, the Governor-General Ms...
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Graeme Phillips – a great Fellow
In December 1997, 15 strangers met at Darwin airport for the first stage of the...
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Hackings, sackings and so on
Just call your number, press hash and enter your pin code. That’s what my...
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Heed the wisdom of the elders
I have been consulting our tribal elders and their message for the rest of us is...
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National Responsible Business Practice Project concludes
From May 2008 to June 2011 the australian Government through Treasury commissioned...
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Professional power
One of the predominant, recurrent complaints brought against doctors by patients...
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The case for and against self-regulation amongst the scientific community
All over the world researchers open copies of the latest journals, containing the latest...
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The heroism of moral choice
On May 12, 1946, Louis Alexander Slotin was carrying out an experiment in the...
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WikiLeaks: a force for good?
The June 2011 Intelligence Squared debate which is now available at...
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WikiLeaks: political choices and public interest
In a survey of whether or not WikiLeaks is a force for good, political choices...
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Good religion, bad religion
Is religion a means for excellence or destruction? This was the provocative...
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One laptop per pacific child
An innovative global project to bring low-cost, low-powered laptops to children in developing...
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Primary Ethics
Following a successful pilot program and evaluation in 2010, the Centre is...
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The circle of concern
As widespread devastation continues in Japan and New Zealand, many Australians...
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The ethics of free speech
One of our members recently contacted us because he is concerned that more and...
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Vale John van Geldermalsen
It is with great sadness that the Board, staff and volunteers of St James Ethics...
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Why it’s worth saving the local book industry
The Australian book industry has been under the microscope recently following the...
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Workplace bullying
Most people spend a staggering percentage of their waking hours at work. This...
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Clive Hamilton on why we are all climate change deniers
Clive Hamilton gave us a rather chilling exposé on both the grim realities of expected...
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Disability: the other person’s problem
Every able-bodied thirty-year-old earning $60,000 per year can acquire a...
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Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Over the first weekend in October 2010, the second Festival of Dangerous Ideas (...
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Issues facing young Australians
In November 2010 Mission Australia published its ninth consecutive annual survey...
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