Category Archives: Ethics in the Media

Published on
25 November 2010

The Dark Side of Determinism: The Pope, Condoms, and Moral Discourse

Posted in Ethics in the Media, Freedom, Religion, Social Commentary, World Affairs

SERIES ON HUMAN FREEDOM: PART ONE The first blog in a series on human freedom examines what the media reaction to the Pope’s recent comments says about the state of moral discourse in contemporary society. One of the most-reported news stories this last weekend dealt with the Pope’s now famous comments on condoms. The Pope […]

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Published on
20 October 2010

The Curious Case of Mary Bale

Posted in Ethics in the Media, Social Commentary

Imagine a crime committed here in England so grotesque that not only the national media but international news sites are united in shock.  The Deputy Prime Minister is called upon to comment publicly: ‘Quite rightly people don’t understand how [this] could possibly happen’, he says.  Global media outlets waste little time broadcasting the appalling truth, […]

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Published on
15 September 2010

Advertising Death

Posted in Ethics in the Media, Euthanasia, Human Life

Back in May Channel 4 caused widespread upset by screening the first abortion advertisement ever to be shown in the UK. This month an Australian TV company banned an advert which appeared to be promoting euthanasia. The advert features a sick-looking man sitting on a bed speaking about different choices he has made during his […]

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Published on
3 September 2010

Blair, Brown, and the Celebrity Culture

Posted in Culture, Ethics in the Media

With the advent of a Conservative-Liberal coalition heralding the end of the New Labour era, it was only a matter of time before the political memoirs appeared, stimulating a media feeding frenzy over the scraps thrown down from the tables of the politicians. Lord Mandelson was the first to step up with his book The […]

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