8 January 2009
We are pleased to announce the start of a series of research seminars in Religion, Philosophy & Ethics at the University of Gloucestershire, in Cheltenham. Religion, Philosophy & Ethics: Research Seminar Series Wednesday, 21st January 2009, 6pm –…
17 November 2008
We see the launch today a campaign by children’s charity Barnados. The BBC report is at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7732796.stm – and the full video at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7730219.stm – also see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7732203.stm for an analysis of the debate. Is it too easy…
21 October 2008
The BBC reports, at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7681139.stm that Nebraska has changed its laws – so that you can no longer ‘dump’ unwanted children on the state. The limit has been altered to only 3-days old – but before that it…
12 October 2008
As we watch the Dow Jones and the FTSE100 plummet, you can track the ethical ratings of Corporations at http://www.covalence.ch/ . As their website says Geneva-based Covalence tracks the ethical reputation of multinationals by sourcing information from companies,…
6 October 2008
I’ve been speaking today to the Centre for Ethics here in Missoula, at the University of Montana, about the purpose of teaching Ethics as an academic subject. Some of the points we discussed were:¢ In an ethics class…
10 July 2008
The Times newspaper is linking to ‘how ethical are you’ test/quiz at http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/article4300898.ece – you may be interested to see where it places you! It says I am a ‘guardian’ – I like the law… Cheers,Dave
3 July 2008
Recent publicity here in the UK has focussed attention on the phenomena of very cheap clothing for sale in the UK. The spotlight recently fell on Primark – which defends itself robustly at http://www.ethicalprimark.co.uk/ – after the BBC…
28 June 2008
Following previous discussions on the blog about the nature of sport, I came across a past episode of Philosophy Talk. You can listen to this online at http://www.philosophytalk.org/pastShows/EthicsinSport.htm and the same page has a range of links useful…
13 March 2008
Well – another visit. This time to historic (and busy) Stratford, to see one of our graduates who is now a teacher at the King Edward VI School – known to some as Shakespeare’s school… I was there…
27 February 2008
Well, despite the excitment and chaos of a minor earthquake (which don’t phase those of us who sleep through them – see previous earthquake entry..), I made it to Halesowen College today to talk about various exciting things:…