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Ethics Destinations: The School of Life
Submitted by jadelay on Thu, 03/26/2009 - 15:14.Alot of attention has been given over the last five years to the uptick in ethical tourism and travel. Not really knowing what it all means, at a2ethics.org, we nevertheless want to be part of the wisdom of crowds, in this case the crowds of tourists who are now flocking to see global warming in action on a cruise to Antartica. And the private tour operators, who running out of frontiers, are now preparing to offer trips to take on the rigors of bone density loss and microgravity into space.
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Ordinary People Rallying Around Science
Submitted by buona_forchetta on Mon, 11/30/2009 - 00:36.Just in time for the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Bill McKibben’s 350.org campaign is enlisting support in the form of candlelight vigils. McKibben recently spoke at Ann Arbor’s Rackham Auditorium, at an evening sponsored by the Ecology Center. The author of the first general-audience book on climate change (The End of Nature, 1989), his new organization recently pulled off what CNN called “the most widespread day of political action in the planet’s history.”
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Music is Amoral: Catching Up With Glenn Watkins
Submitted by barcode 2x on Thu, 03/11/2010 - 11:17.By BARTON BUND
Meeting the world's foremost expert on Composer Carlo Gesualdo is as intimidating as it might sound. The musicologist and author is almost singlehandedly responsible for reviving the work of the infamous murderer/genius chromaticist.
Read More »Corey Haim and the Dangerous Culture of Fame
Submitted by barcode 2x on Wed, 03/10/2010 - 12:00.By BARCODE 2x
38-year-old actor Corey Haim was found dead this morning of accidental overdose in his home in Los Angeles. The child star of Lucas and The Lost Boys, Haim was a comical, quircky, endearing performer. After years of struggle with drug addiction, the circumstances of his death are all too-familiar.
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The Big Ethical Questions
What Are Inappropriate Relationships?
Submitted by barcode 2x on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 12:32.We often see relationships develop that defy our logic. People come together who don't belong together. Who should we stay away from, and who should we run to? What makes for good and the bad relationships?
