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Wrestling With Choices

Dorset Police are working with us to produce another series of Ethics Forums starting on Wednesday, 20th January, and running for ten weeks as we did last year.  The difference is that this year they will be on zoom and accessible afterwards on YouTube on a variety of channels.  Both BU & AUB are involved, as are representatives of BCP Council, other faith communities and a variety of people from the worlds of commerce and journalism.  Topics are as follows:

Wrestling with Choices – Everyday Ethics for 2021

Date: all 3pm – 4pm online          Meetings will be virtual using Zoom, live on the day and accessible on YouTube subsequently    Chair & Panel Members

  1. Wed 20th Jan                   THE ETHICS OF PROTESTING: Does ‘anything go’ if your cause is just and your gripe is passionate?
  1. Wed 27th Jan                   BIG BROTHER RULES:  TELLING THE STORY THE ONLY POSSIBLE WAY? IS IT ETHICALLY JUSTIFIABLE TO ATTEMPT TO BUILD COMMUNITIES OF CHARACTER?
  1. Wed 3rd Feb                      LIMITS TO DEMOCRACY? IF WE ATTEMPT TO BE UTILITARIAN AND PLEASE THE MAJORITY, WHAT HAPPENS TO MINORITIES?
  1. Wed 10th Feb                   NOT THE WHOLE TRUTH? TRUTH-TELLING AND COMMUNICATIONS
  1. Wed 17th Feb                   DOES THE WAGE SHOW THE WORTH? Why the vast chasm between least & best paid workers? How should we value different types of jobs/occupations?
  1. Wed 24th Feb                    SHOP UNTIL YOU DROP?  RETAIL THERAPY OR MINDLESS HOARDING? Are there limits to the amount we should spend on shopping?
  1. Wed 3rd March                DOES THE ECONOMY DECIDE EVERYTHING?- personally & in society?
  1. Wed 10th March             PRIORITISING MEDICAL TREATMENT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES -WHAT CRITERIA? Do we all have a right to healthcare?  To what extent?
  1. Wed 17th March              VIRTUALLY HEALTHY? WHAT ETHICS APPLY TO DIGITAL MEETINGS? Is the Digital world damaging human health and morality?
  1. Wed 24th March              ‘STOP & SEARCH’: UNCONSCIOUS BIAS?

Details will be given nearer the time of how you join the zoom meeting as a participant or watch it in YouTube.  This advance notice is to enable you to get those Wednesday afternoons firmly fixed in your 2021 diaries.

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