Tag: ethics

We treat non-existent things as entities: A ‘privative’ is useful concept to notice when we do

I’d wager if I asked you what the crow in front of dark clouds means in the image above, it’d cross your mind that it was some kind of evil portent.

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Climate Change Conference on 6th November 2019 in Birmingham

This is an expanded version of the talk I’m giving at the Climate Change Conference in Birmingham today, 6th November.

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Our submission to the National Food Strategy Call for Evidence

Our submission to the National Food Strategy Call for Evidence is on-line here.

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National Food Strategy #20: A Public Inquiry led by a senior Judge

We recommend the Government sets up a Public Inquiry, led by a senior Judge. Its concern would be to advise on the structure or body to be an authority to ensure food system players act ethically

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National Food Strategy #18: The price of plums and other social exchanges

The zoo-keeper thought she’d locked all the chimpanzees outside. She hadn’t. One young male, in sight of us visitors, had hidden himself from her. He looked straight at us, I’ll swear he grinned.

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National Food Strategy #2: Responsibility, resilience & ethics

I was a fascinated observer at a workshop we organised and facilitated last week involving members of our Board along with a senior supermarket executive, a long-standing professional in environmental health inspection, a banker specialising in the agri-food sector...

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