The Ethical Imagination

CBC Radio is rebroadcasting their 2006 Massey Lectures entitled "The Ethical Imagination". Catch it this Monday to Friday at 9pm on CBC One Radio (99.1)

"Science and technology confront us with some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and our world, and how we find meaning in life. In the 2006 Massey Lectures, The Ethical Imagination, Margaret Somerville discusses how we can find a shared ethics for an interdependent world."

For more information: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/massey.html

China targets internet cafes

I came across this article just after our class and it ties in to our discussion around Schull's article, dealing with addiction and gambling, in relation to internet use.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/03/06/tech-china-cafe.html

It seems in this case, rather than the responsibility and blame being put on the individual, the more abstract entity of the internet and its use is being blamed for a number of problems, and China is taking paternalistic measures to protect its citizens.