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 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.

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.

The international interdisciplinary conference Building Hospitable Communities for Aging: Challenges and Opportunities will take place at Saint Paul University from September 28 to 30, 2016. Matt provides a brief outline of the reasons for the conference, the topics it will cover, and the long process of community involvement which went into its planning.

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.

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.

An open letter to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory concerning the signing of House Bill 2 into law.