Society / Ethics
Articles about Ethics, ordered by date. 
When alcohol causes so much damage is it unethical to set up a brewery?
Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. Seems like we’re all in need of a New Internationalist perspective. Enter stage: Agony Uncle.
Close your heart, open your heart
Closing our heart to suffering suppresses our humanity, writes Ruby Diamonde.
Cheap drugs and the millionaire whistleblower
Sandhya Srinivasan writes from India on the curious tale of Dinesh Thakur and the generics maker Ranbaxy.
Dead bastards
Heaven help military personnel who blow the whistle. Alexa O’Brien is tracking the case of Chelsea Manning.
Money shouts
Whistleblower Ian Taplin investigates whether exposing banking malpractice has got any easier.
Brave Father Musala
The cleric who exposed sex abuse in Uganda’s Catholic Church talks to Patience Akumu.
'I had to do it'
Psychoanalyst David Morgan on what makes some people risk all to speak out.
Blasts from the past
A historic look at some who took the plunge to make a difference.
Don't shoot the messenger!
Admired by the public, reviled by those in power, whistleblowers are on the frontline of democracy. But need they be martyrs? Vanessa Baird asks.
The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions
Microsoft's former CEO has made massive donations to global health programmes but an investigation by Andrew Bowman reveals some unpleasant side-effects.
Money talks - so make yours walk.
March is 'Move Your Money' month!
Should assisted suicide be legalized?
Right-to-die campaigner Debbie Purdy and palliative medicine professor Ilora Finlay go head-to-head - read their arguments and join the debate.
Articles in this category displayed as a table:
| Article title | From magazine | Publication date |
|---|---|---|
| When alcohol causes so much damage is it unethical to set up a brewery? | The biodiversity emergency | January, 2021 |
| Close your heart, open your heart | Blood brothers - Saudi Arabia and the West | March, 2016 |
| Cheap drugs and the millionaire whistleblower | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| Dead bastards | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| Money shouts | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| Brave Father Musala | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| 'I had to do it' | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| Blasts from the past | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| Don't shoot the messenger! | The war on whistleblowers | April, 2014 |
| The flip side to Bill Gates' charity billions | Adapt or die | April, 2012 |
| Money talks - so make yours walk. | Time for a fair economy | March, 2012 |
| Should assisted suicide be legalized? | Time for a fair economy | March, 2012 |
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