Label: Ethics
Engaged swing, when ethics prevail over aesthetics

Engaged swing, when ethics prevail over aesthetics

The irrigation of greens on golf estates is at the heart of a lively debate in France and Great Britain, against a backdrop of energy shortages and water conservation. Faced with vandals, golf clubs across Europe are taking precautions. In their own way, they are fighting against the waste of resources. At Crans-sur-Sierre, in the Valais, the press was summoned on a Thursday morning. But for what announcements?
Bertrand Kiefer: «Trivializing this pandemic would be a step backwards for humanity».»

Bertrand Kiefer: «Trivializing this pandemic would be a step backwards for humanity».»

LONG FORM INTERVIEW, Jean-David Ponci | Taking vaccine hesitants and anti-sanitary passers-by seriously, trying to answer their questions by countering their positions with arguments, helps us all to identify the flaws in our societies and to rethink together the notions of solidarity and freedom. Interview with doctor and theologian Bertrand Kiefer, editor-in-chief of the Swiss Medical Journal.
The frustration machine

The frustration machine

The individualism that has worried sociologists for some decades now is merely the collective reflection of a highly targeted strategy. Not that advertisers do this in bad faith. Quite simply: it works.
Just peace or just peace?

Just peace or just peace?

Contemporary conflicts are increasingly characterized by a lack of rules. Every day, armed groups and states alike flout international law. But one aspect is rarely mentioned, given the omnipresence of violence: just peace.