Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics News Archive

Faculty of Arts
Determining if non-sentient beings, like the Great Barrier Reef or the Mona Lisa, have rights
February 6, 2023 —
Dimitar Tomovski is an MA student and 2022 recipient of a Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics graduate fellowship. The fellowship has allowed him to pursue his research on the rights of non-sentient beings with more financial freedom. The fellowships are open to UM faculty, instructors and graduate students from all fields and all faculties.

Faculty of Arts
Harper’s: Ghosting the Machine
April 25, 2022 —
Humans, robots, and the new sexual frontier

Op-ed: Online counselling tool raises questions
April 3, 2020 —
It's a great idea, in principle: the Manitoba government has announced a program to provide online therapy to people during the COVID-19 pandemic. But...

Op-ed: Social resilience is key to emerging from this pandemic stronger and better
March 26, 2020 —
'If our governments can create and sustain public morale over an indefinitely long period of time then it’s possible we will emerge from the pandemic as a stronger, fairer and more cohesive society'

Wpg Free Press: Premier scolded for urging tattle-tales
March 23, 2020 —
Ethics professor Neil McArthur shares his thoughts

Where do we go now Winnipeg?
January 23, 2020 —
A public forum on the urban issues: Crime, poverty, and the renewal of the inner city

The Conversation: For the love of technology! Sex robots and virtual reality
February 8, 2019 —
'It is fascinating to study how people use technology in their relationships'

CBC: Ethicist, recovering alcoholic blast Liquor & Lotteries’ sale of cheap booze at downtown store
December 18, 2018 —
'They're making money off people who have serious health problems. They know that.'

Faculty of Arts
The St. Boniface Bicycle Drive-In Movie Theatre
September 24, 2018 —
Philosophy professor takes part in Nuit Blanche Winnipeg's Illuminate the Night programme

Op-ed: Beyond consenting, women actually want to enjoy sex
January 22, 2018 —
We need a new model for consent. And there is reason to believe a new model of consent is indeed emerging