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HSC exams matter – but not for the reasons you think
BY 12 OCT 2015
Telling students not to worry too much about HSC results only works if we can also explain what it is about it that actually matters, writes Matthew Beard.
ArticleBeing Human
Living well or comfortably waiting to die?
BY 25 AUG 2020
Dr Matt Beard says that until we confront our beliefs about the value of old age, we cannot provide the care our elderly need, or deserve.
ArticleBeing Human
It takes a village to raise resilience
BY 28 JUL 2020
Dr Matt Beard says that milennials don't lack resilience. We need to stop using resilience as a bandaid for our systems lacking support and empathy.
ArticleBeing Human
The dilemma of ethical consumption: how much are your ethics worth to you?
BY 21 JUL 2020
How much are your ethics worth? Dr Matt Beard considers the inherent classism in ethical consumption. Should buying ethical cost more?
ArticleBeing Human
If we’re going to build a better world, we need a better kind of ethics
BY 17 JUN 2020
In order for ethics to provide the kind of education the world needs, it too has to reckon with its history, writes Dr Matt Beard.
ArticleBeing Human
There is something very revealing about #ToiletPaperGate
BY 13 MAR 2020
As Moral Philosopher Dr Matt Beard wandered past the empty supermarket shelves this week, he was forced to wonder - has humanity reverted back to it's nasty, brutish, stateless nature?
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Five stories to read to your kids this Christmas
BY 19 DEC 2019
Short & Curly podcast star, and TEC Fellow Dr Matt Beard has shared his top holiday stories for sharing ethical ideas with your children.
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Joker broke the key rule of comic book movies: it made the audience think
BY 17 DEC 2019
Joker left its audiences outraged, moved or confused by the rewriting of the famous comic figure. Dr Matt Beard says the film release broke all the rules, and box office records, because it dared to ask the audience to think.
ArticleBeing Human
Do we have to choose between being a good parent and good at our job?
BY 6 NOV 2019
Is our focus on work-life balance misplaced? Dr Matt Beard says fixing the balance of time spent at work and at home is only part of the problem.
ArticleBeing Human
Ageing well is the elephant in the room when it comes to aged care
BY 18 SEP 2019
Dr Matt Beard says that until we confront our beliefs about the value of old age, we cannot provide the care our elderly need, or deserve.