Tag: ethics

Should we care about people of the future?

“Why should I care about posterity? What’s posterity ever done for me?” Groucho Marx If we follow Groucho Marx‘s line of reasoning then future generations do not matter because while we are able to grant benefits to them, they are unable to return the favour. A key requirement of Groucho’s ethic is that there must be some…

May 23, 2013
Ethics and journalism

There’s an article in the Financial Post today titled, “Arctic sea ice back to 1989 levels, now exceeds previous decade“. The author is Lawrence Solomon and he goes on to say that arctic sea ice is higher today than on April 14th, 2013. He ends his article with, “The only evident trend in the ice,…

April 17, 2013
Goodies vs baddies

Our six-year-old son has been talking a lot about baddies recently, so Ben decided to probe him on it. Ben: What’s the difference between a baddy and a goody? Daniel: Baddies are always fighting goodies. Ben: But if you see two people fighting, how do you know who is the baddy and who is the…

April 15, 2013