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Facebook Alternatives Guide: 2023 Update
February 2023: When I originally wrote this guide, years ago, Facebook was a true behemoth. It’s still a massive tech… Read more
Amazon Alternatives Guide: 2022 Update
Why would anyone want to avoid Amazon? A one-stop-shop for everything from books to clothes to pillows featuring Nicolas Cage’s… Read more
A Beginner’s Guide to Eating Sustainably in London
We all know and love London as an incredible foodie city. However, we also know that the average diet is… Read more
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What are the environmental impacts of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories and the war in Gaza?
This article discusses the environmental repercussions of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories and of its actions during the still-ongoing Gaza war. Though a ceasefire has commenced – the third since the war began – Israel continues to kill Palestinians and to shell Gaza. And even if it holds, this cannot expunge the past… Read More
Could machines help us be more ethical?
Even as a professional ethicist, I’ll admit it’s not easy to live an ethical life. Heck, it’s a slog at times. Choosing to living well means thinking critically about choices that most people make automatically. Sometimes it means committing to courses of action we don’t enjoy, drawing solace from the knowledge that the greater good… Read More
Teaching machines right from wrong
The trouble with computers: you get exactly what you ask for. Ask a robot waiter to serve table eight’s food immediately and it might just throw it. An AI that’s trying to earn you money might decide the best way is to sell your house. It’s not enough to tell machines what to do; you… Read More
What is ethical anyway?
We know that “ethical” isn’t an objective word: it can mean different things to different people.
For us, ethical means moving in the direction of least possible harm against other people, animals and the planet.
Read more about it in our manifesto.
“Ethics aren’t just a concept or idea, it’s something alive, something that needs to be lived. Ethics aren’t really ethical if they aren’t lived by oneself.”
Cata
“Ethics? It’s simple, don’t be an asshole!”
Maarten
“My main question is: how can we avoid ethics from being another stick we hit people with. But instead an inspiring and supportive force for good.”
Anca
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We’ve gathered an open list of resources for ethical living: books and browser extensions, films and apps.
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What are the environmental impacts of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian Territories and the war in Gaza?
This article discusses the environmental repercussions of the Israeli occupation of the… Read more
Could machines help us be more ethical?
Even as a professional ethicist, I’ll admit it’s not easy to live… Read more