Robert Reich is one of the best progressive policy voices in the United States, and a favourite speaker and writer of mine. Most policy wonks are afraid to tread into the moral realm, but not Reich. Indeed, he has a … Continue reading
I have created two new galleries for art on Practical Ethics. The first is named Altered Realities, and is a space for artistic or documentary iPhone photography that uses HRD or post processing (e.g., think Instagram). The second is Wolves, … Continue reading
Great Britains Royal Society has released a major report on population issues. Entitled People and the Planet, it states that the earth is finite, and the continued growth of human population and consumption threatens global health and well being. The … Continue reading
Must we choose people over the planet? This is the question addressed by two essays that caught my eye in The Huffington Post during Earth Week. The first is Why Im Not An Environmentalist by Lisa Curtis (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lisa-curtis/environmentalism_b_1443311.html?ref=green) and the … Continue reading
There is a deeply disturbing news article in The Huffington Post on the routine shooting of pets by police in the United States. In a story entitled Cop Shoots Dog, reporters Radley Balko and JL Greene examine the apparently common … Continue reading
What did you do for Earth Day and Earth Week? On Earth Day, Karin and I spent the afternoon at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge. It poured much of the time, so we circumnavigated the boundaries, checked out the trailheads, … Continue reading
