Reading Time: 3 minutes In the early ’60s, Yale’s professor Stanley Milgram performed an experiment that revealed some interesting observations about human behaviour
Tag: Ethics
A sure bet on pro sports gambling?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The NHL is ready to enter the betting ring. It’s a sign of liberalizing laws and the search for ever more revenue
Kinsey’s pseudo-science refashioned our sexual behaviour
Reading Time: 4 minutes It took decades to fully expose the deep and systemic problems with the studies. By then it was too late
Medically assisted dying cases need stronger review to safeguard us all
Reading Time: 4 minutes The act of ending the life of another person raises fundamental questions of human dignity and rights
The danger of putting too much trust in doctors
Reading Time: 3 minutes The medical profession lectures the public on health. Some believe it’s time for the public to lecture the medical profession on ethics
The moral roadblock at the end of ethical shortcuts
Reading Time: 3 minutes The world is full of stories of people who have done the impossible, and it always begins with a goal. But is it a worthy goal and are the methods ethical?
When political attack ads turn and bite the wrong prey
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Working Families campaign targeting Ontario PC Leader Patrick Brown is just plain wrong – and stupid – and that means it will fail
Will Trudeau finally pay the price for his arrogance?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Indigenous leaders were upset about Trudeau’s comments about his boxing match with Patrick Brazeau. Some called him arrogant; others, racist
An open government doesn’t close doors to information
Reading Time: 4 minutes The case of Vice-Admiral Norman shouldn’t be about disclosing cabinet secrets, it should be about loyalty, ethical behaviour and adhering to codes of conduct
Are Canada’s public schools truly for everyone?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Saskatchewan ruling gives provinces the impetus to explore the alternatives to forcing children, against their parents’ will, into secular public education