Redefinning Ethics To Mobilise Change

I have a confession to make. I once went to a lecture by a global leader on ethics and climate change.
 
So where is the confessional in that statement?  

First of all, as a member of the ‘creative professional’ cohort this was a pretty, well, nerdy thing to do.
 
But aside from that the confessional is that I left before he had finished.
 
What struck me that day was that he didn’t how to talk to people. What he had to say may have been really important but I was left feeling like either I wasn’t in the club or what he was saying was of so little relevance to me that it was time to think about what I was going to eat for lunch.

Right now I wish he had of had a more compelling argument because ethics is something that is in demand. Ethics needs to be redefined for a new audience with new concerns I believe.
 
But here’s the catch, often when we read ethics we think that is for someone else, it’s an abstract notion, when in fact put more simply, ethics is about doing what is right and fair, over and over.
 
By redefining ethics as something useful in the face of change it can be used to mobile our senses and our connection to each other. But more on that another day.