Halcyon Identifies

 

Global poverty reduction needs broad support across civil society as much as grand goal-setting, via an international social norm that sees the persistence of extreme poverty in as morally unacceptable.

 

The World's Most Ethical Companies designation recognises companies that go beyond making statements about doing business "ethically" and translate those words into action.

 

Neuroscientists are beginning to explore techniques that could erase bad memories from our minds.

 

Worldwide, an estimated 53 billion land animals are slaughtered every year for human consumption.

 

The newly-launched Charter for Compassion asks people of all religions and moral codes to recognise the core value we share - that we wish to act toward others as we'd like them to act toward us.

Older people have a much stronger sense of morality than the young, suggests a major study into dishonesty.

 

Some scientists believe they have growing evidence that animals are governed by moral codes of conduct in the same way as humans.

Research into brain scanning is advancing fast, and controversial testing includes prisoner interrogation and advertising.

Biomorality is emerging as a distinct area of study, focusing on the increasingly complex ethical implications of the uses and abuses of science in daily life.

• Animal Rights/Ethics/Food - beyond well-established arguments about animal rights and ethics, does the global food crisis now provide further compelling reasons for many more people to become vegetarian?