Joe's Jottings

Tagged: ethics

When 'ethics' is a county in the south of England

· coalition, ethics, integrity, liberal-democrat, personal-stuff, politics, the-media

There's an old joke about politics - politicians are people who think that: Ethics is a county in the south of England Morals are paintings on plaster Scruples is the Russian currency Unfortunately it…

Why I'm fucking furious with David Laws....

· coalition, ethics, politics, personal-stuff, the-media

A little history. One of the reasons why there has been radical political change in the UK in the last year is that the British people have finally started getting truly fed up with MPs on the 'gravy …

4 Lions - when does bad taste become dark humour?

· ethics, morality, humour, the-media

Back in January 2009, there was a little article in The Guardian referring to thefunding of a film by Chris Morris by FilmFour, the film production arm of Channel 4.   The film, "4 Lions", has now bee…

Moral relativism and evil

· ethics, morality, christianity, personal-stuff, philosophy, psychology

moralityFirst of all, for anyone unaware of the news stories about the two pre-teen thugs from Edlington who tortured and abused two little boys, here's a link to the story.  Now, I passed a comment o…