“Of course I do,” Kwarteng replied. “But at the same time, I’m trying to influence the government so they can stop the Saudi government killing journalists. What he did and what the US said he did is appalling.” “What would he have to do for you to call for sanctions as you have done against the people […]
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The moral assumptions embedded in economic models of climate change
How much less do you value your descendants’ lives than your own?
The moral assumptions embedded in economic models of climate change
CLIMATE CHANGE is many problems in one. Developing and deploying zero-carbon technologies is a formidable challenge. So is the politics of co-ordinating disparate groups to achieve the necessary collective action. In America, where the Republican Party persists in climate denialism, it is an epistemological pickle. Policymakers met in Katowice, Poland, this week to discuss implementing […]
Ethical OS Helps Tech Startups Avert Moral Disasters
A new guidebook for tech companies helps them imagine future scenarios where their tech might end up causing societal harm. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b68db664177c301e3b9b067/master/pass/Ethical%20OS-01.jpg
Hand-Drawn RPG ‘Nepenthe’ Offers Moral Choice With Each Battle
Nepenthe, on top of having a charming look reminiscent of all of the made-up video games I’d scribble in the margins of my homework at school when I was a kid, offers moral choice with its combat, letting players work toward saving the monsters and troublemakers that mean to thump them on the head. You […]
Doctors who object to assisted dying and other treatments on moral grounds must give referrals, court says
An Ontario court says doctors who have a moral or religious objection to treatments such as assisted dying, contraception or abortions have to refer patients to another doctor who can provide the service.
‘Moral crisis’: Gates, Buffett & Bezos richer than poorest half of America combined
Published time: 9 Nov, 2017 09:25 The three richest people in the United States – Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett – have a total wealth that exceeds the savings of America’s poorest 160 million, a new study shows. The three billionaires are sitting on a combined $ 248.5 billion fortune, which outstrips the […]
Giving up on moral & ethical values ‘more dangerous than nuclear bomb’ – Putin
Humanity is entering a new stage in its development when abandoning moral and ethical values may cause a larger catastrophe than a nuclear war, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the guests of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sochi. The moral and ethical component is an “important circumstance” for any type of […]
ISIS moral police ‘whipped, beat & jailed’ defiant Al-Mayadeen residents, survivors tell RT
Islamic State terrorists’ efforts to whip, beat and torture people into submission for the tiniest violations of their perverted laws failed, locals in recently-liberated Al-Mayadeen in Syria told RT, recalling their disturbing experiences. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) terrorists captured the city of Al-Mayadeen, located just 45km southeast of Deir ez-Zor, in July 2013. Raising […]
‘There are no good Nazis’: Republican Jewish Coalition demands ‘moral clarity’ from Trump
AP Photo/Susan Walsh The Republican Jewish Coalition, a political group that has previously backed President Donald Trump amid controversial issues, said it was not pleased with how Trump handled the fallout from the deadly Charlottesville, Virginia, rally last weekend. “We join with our political and religious brethren in calling upon President Donald Trump to provide […]