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To profit or not to profit?

Monday, 5 February 2018

| Hannah Weickhardt

Is working for the profit-motivated sector any less moral than working for the not-for-profit sector? We often think the private sector is only about profit-making; but it can also be an opportunity for altruism, a source of social benefit and a means of human flourishing, meeting material and deeper human needs.

Link Highlights | January 2018

Monday, 5 February 2018

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from January 2018.

Book review: Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel

Monday, 29 January 2018

| Rex Dale

Botton describes journeys as ‘the midwives of thought'. Writing with considerable sensitivity to the human condition and unafraid to deal with the rawest of emotions, Botton explores what we do or think about on our travels, how travel might enhance our lives and give us a larger vision, and how to minimise disappointment.

Book review: Warren Mundine, In Black and White

Monday, 29 January 2018

| Ian Hore-Lacy

Why does Aboriginal disadvantage persist and what might be done about it? This autobiography gives fascinating insight into people, persistent enterprise and politics from an Aboriginal perspective, exploring welfare, work, education, family and Mundine's disillusion with politics today. It provides a warts-and-all portrait of a most impressive leader.

January 26th (Australia Day) highlights

Friday, 26 January 2018

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces on the topic of January 26th (Australia Day).

Link Highlights | December 2017

Tuesday, 2 January 2018

| Ethos editor

Highlights of links to online news and opinion pieces from December 2017.

Christmas collection

Sunday, 24 December 2017

| Ethos editor

A collection of reflections on Christmas from mainstream and Christian media.

Dystopia Now: the present reality of Children of Men

Thursday, 14 December 2017

| Karly Michelle Edgar

Children of Men may feel like an extreme scenario, where a corrupt government keeps its citizens, especially the rich, safe and the refugees out. A government where some human beings are worth more than others. But if this year has shown us anything it’s that this isn’t some dystopian, futuristic movie plot. This is the present.

As Christians rally in support of refugees, a need to acknowledge the cause

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

| Mick Pope

While governments like Australia close their borders, and the US closes its mind to climate change, Christians are to love our neighbours by linking these justice issues together. The two are not unrelated - climate change can be a driver of significant migration.