Tag: Ethics

'Green ethics' are imploding, says Ben Pile. Economic realities are forcing the question: is it 'ethical' to bankrupt yourself? Is it 'ethical' to make energy too expensive for people to use?

When bombing civilians becomes 'ethical' but heating your home doesn't, it's clear that ESG was never about ethics at all, says Ben Pile. Just power and control.

James Alexander reflects on celebrity bloodlines through the unlikely union of Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell, whose surrogate-born child links the legacies of Oliver Twist and Caligula!

Fox hunting is back in the news as Labour plans a crackdown. Roger Scruton famously defended the sport, but law professor Raymond Wacks says it's a rare moment where the great philosopher's passion overruled his reason.

Is there a right to die? As the Assisted Dying Bill vote looms, Prof James Alexander ponders the issues, asking if the whole debate would change if we think of it in terms of duties instead of rights.

The Government sidelined and then shut down its ethics committee after it tried to intervene on the vaccination of children, it has emerged in a scandal that raises serious questions about the Government's Covid response.

Helen MacNamara, who is giving evidence to the Covid Inquiry today, was the Government ethics chief who was at the heart of a very unethical lockdown-busting party at the height of the pandemic.

The UK's pandemic plan was clear that lockdowns were not to be used and ethics was to be central. Both of these were ditched in March 2020, says Dr David Seedhouse. Yet the Covid Inquiry has shown no interest in why.

AI chatbots have started to come out with some highly disturbing responses, from calling users "enemies" to trying to get them to leave their wives. What are the ethical implications of this, and are we all doomed?

Dr David Seedhouse, who created the Ethical Grid 35 years ago as a tool to guide ethical decision-making, says lockdown would have been avoided if politicians learned how to think ethically.