The more people think about the environment, the more complexities will come to the surface. There is an ongoing debate in the Canadian Green movement, one that illustrates an important distinction, namely that between hard choices and moral dilemmas. We will have to face moral dilemmas when dealing with the difficulties of issues like global warming.

The women run on logic and the men on emotions. This seems to be the case for three major contests in American politics.

We got a good look at politics in action via Wilson-Raybould's testimony recently. Is this the way that we want our politics to be done?

Is it okay to distort the truth to support a moral/political position?

The reflections offered by students at Discovery University's Graduation ceremony were a delightful antidote to the current world of fake news and hype.

Our Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made some laudable promises regarding First Nations issues and I commend him for that. But is it all just for the sake of appearances? It would seem to be so. But I am not an expert on these issues, just a concerned citizen.

The is much value in thinking about what "using a vehicle" means since how this term is defined will determine much of the ethics of the whole problem regarding our selling arms to Saudi Arabia. But the issue is broader than the current issue with Saudi Arabia. It goes to the heart of what it means for Canada to sell arms to countries with poor human rights records.

June 5, 1867. Mill proposed to the British Parliament that women be granted the vote. His proposal didn't pass. It is quite a thought to imagine what would have happened had Mill been successful.

Trudeau has promised to open up elections not once, but twice. Twice he has abandoned his promise. Will he promise to do it a third time?

“Moral transgression” is an accurate term for the Trudeau government’s abandonment of voter reform. I try to make the case. I offer some reflections on the political issues briefly afterwards.

The first issue to seriously get in Trump's way is an academic issue? Seriously?

Canadians probably believe that Donald Trump's success could not be duplicated here. In fact, it might just be that we will have an opportunity to test that belief since Kevin O'Leary is contemplating a bid for the federal Conservative Party leadership.

We often delude ourselves by thinking that we have less responsibility than we actually do. As Plato points out, when we know something, we become responsible beings. Sartre stresses that our responsiblity is so deep and daunting that we often flee from it.

Is it acceptable to use a laptop and/or cell phone during a lecture to look up extra information? Is it acceptable to use a laptop and/or cell phone during a lecture to surf or look at Facebook? I say no in all cases. Laptops are for notes and cell phones should be used at breaks.

To see whether or not voter reform requires a referendum, it is necessary to clarify what "voter reform" means since there are a number of possibilities. This article provides an answer as to when a referendum is needed and when it is not.

Ethical problems are by nature incompleteness problems. They are not solved, but only partially tackled and examined. Being truly ethical means never being completely comfortable with one's beliefs.

Linking beauty and goodness an old notion in philosophy.
It is also very dangerous.

There has been a confused discussion around recent events in the House of Commons. The main point is that we, as citizens, bypass the partisan views of these events and concentrate solely on the truly important aspect of it: is equality before the law being maintained?

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper was accused of being a lone wolf in the cabinet, calling the important shots in isolation. But Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion just claimed that he alone authorized the Saudi arms deal. Is Dion a scaled-down version of Harper? Were Stephen and Stéphane separated at birth?

The ongoing saga of the Trudeau government's conflict with the PBO. Under pressure, the government provided the PBO with the requested information. However, the information provided raises more questions.

Two governments in a row have collided with the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) over their refusal to provide the necessary data so that the PBO can do its job. Is transparency in government a myth?

This discusses the fact that the current government promised to have electoral reform tabled within a brief time of its first mandate and that so far, nothing has been done.

This is a discussion of the contrast between respecting human rights and prioritizing economic interests.