Benefits Street drew the biggest TV audience in over a year for one of the countries most watched TV channels. It is perhaps no surprise to see it generating such a huge debate about welfare benefits, crime and immigration; topics which the reality show covers in a divisive manner. Some claim that it’s a depiction … More Five Myths Being Promoted because of ‘Benefits Street’
It’s difficult to read a headline like that without imagining it being about some form of art which, intentionally or not, tries to disregard social ethics in its quest for meaning. Many artists make a name for themselves through such controversy; regardless of whether Guillermo “Habacuc” Vargas actually starved a dog as part of an … More When Ethics and Art Collide
2013 was an eventful year to say the least: from an ethics perspective, we saw a wide range of issues explored in the headlines of the year and chatted about around the water coolers. A review of these events are useful because at the time we do not fully see the issues being played … More Review of 2013: The Ethics in the Headlines
