Denial seems to be an innate defensive mechanism for human beings- a natural and often automatic response that allows us to cope, temporarily at least. It’s a way of letting us get on with life in the face of unpleasant realities, especially those that, in large part, seem beyond our control. We also appear to […]
Paris Climate Conference, Progess Traps and Easter Island
The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Paris, from November 30 to December 11. It will be the 21st yearly session of the Conference of the Parties to the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 11th session of the Meeting of the Parties to the 1997 Kyoto […]
Utilitarianism and politics
Summary: However applicable utilitarianism is to the development or assessment of ethics and public policy, in the end, it probably adds little to successful navigation of the political process. In 2010 Professor Peter Singer delivered an oration to the Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA). His topic was ‘Ethics & Public Policy’. Professor Singer advocated a […]