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A 33-year-old Californian, single mom, Nadya Suleman, gave birth to octuplets 27th January 2009. She already had six children ranging in ages from two to seven. All fourteen children were conceived using infertility treatments. She states, “That was always a…
Due to weather conditions the Philosophy Society will be cancelled tomorrow night. Everybody now has another month to read Machiavelli’s The Prince, slim in size but broad in content. The next meeting will be Thursday, 5th March. Look forward to…
What are rights? Can they only be ascribed to human beings or also to animals… the environment… inanimate objects? Jonathon Wolff, Christopher Stone and Kenan Malik discuss these questions on the BBC Radio 4 ‘Law in Action’ programme. It is definitely…
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 – 7.30pm, HC204,Francis…
We see the launch today a campaign by children’s charity Barnados. The BBC report is at – and the full video at – also see for an analysis of the debate. Is it too easy to blame…
The BBC reports, at 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 was 18…
As we watch the Dow Jones and the FTSE100 plummet, you can track the ethical ratings of Corporations at . As their website says Geneva-based Covalence tracks the ethical reputation of multinationals by sourcing information from companies, the media…
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 we take…
The Times newspaper is linking to ‘how ethical are you’ test/quiz at – you may be interested to see where it places you! It says I am a ‘guardian’ – I like the law… Cheers,Dave