Posts from the ‘ethics’ category

Cited Podcast Episode #8: ‘The Ethics Police’

In this episode, we do headlines, learn what anthropologists mean by ‘thick description,’ and talk to Robert Klitzman about his new book on the internal review…

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How We Can Address Sexual Violence With Language Alone: Lucia Lorenzi at TEDxTerry Talks 2013

Lucia Lorenzi speaks passionately about the import role words play in addressing sexual violence. Drawing on both personal and professional knowledge, Lucia explores ideas surrounding the…

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INFOGRAPHIC: Is Food a Right?

On October 7, 2013, Gordon Neighbourhood House hosted the West End Food Festival. One of the numerous events part of this festival included a panel discussion…

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Karla Homolka: From Convicted Killer to Anonymous Mother

Shadlee Rahman is a research assistant for the Terry Project Podcast–the theme of rebranding raised brought back some history. Very few crimes, if any, are as…

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Boundaries in Comedy?

The law does a decently good job of clearly outlining and defining behavior that is legal and what is not….but what about words and thoughts? What…

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How do you make an effective moral case for climate action?

In the most recent edition of Nature Climate Change, Ezra Markowitz has a great article on our weak moral intuitions about climate change. Why do we…

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Mix it up in 2012

It’s the first week of the year, first week of the term… A time of reflection and projection. A time to mix things up and try…

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Numb to the Numbers

Research is simply not enough. Although R&D is the root of discovery and innovation, it in and of itself does not exact the change we want…

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Learning and Travelling in Guatemala (GCTA 2010)

[The following post was written by Gabriel Ross about his experience as a student in the Global Citizenship Term Abroad (GCTA) Program in Guatemala this past…

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Mad Men 2.0

I’m not a fan of the show Mad Men. I get really frustrated when I try to watch it.  I really can’t stand the glorification of…

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