No absolute conception of ethics will be available to us; hence, neither will the kind of impartiality that utilitarianism depends upon.
More than ever, public confidence in our system of government depends on the impartiality and independence of the courts.
53 First, the standard of impartiality expected of a particular administrative decision maker depends on context and is to be measured by reference to the factors identified by L'Heureux-Dubé J. in Baker v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), 2 S.C.R. 817, at paragraph 47.
The presidency is largely a ceremonial post but with a fragmented electorate often throwing up precariously placed coalition governments, a lot depends on a president's judgement and impartiality.
But the dissent, like the District Court below, argues that each circumstance is defective either because it depends on the juror's own statements concerning her impartiality or because "the potential for impairment of the jury's indifference [in each] was considerable". See ibid.
Indeed it is relativism that depends on an implausible and ahistorical form of detachment and impartiality, especially expressed in its methodological commitments to "reverential empathy and description".
As the BBC report stated, "impartiality in science coverage does not simply lie in reflecting a wide range of views, which may result in a 'false balance.' More crucially it depends on the varying degree of prominence such views should be given". This is an important blow for accuracy in science coverage.
These decisions will depend on the type of intervention, stakeholders' expectations of the strength of the evidence and the impartiality of the assessor, data availability, limitations of existing analytic methods and the cost of assessment.
The Murdochs may claim that editorial independence could be guaranteed by ringfencing Sky News, and impartiality protected by Ofcom, but the answer to this and the deeper questions at the heart of this bid depend on trust and the conduct of the Murdoch organisation and family does not inspire trust.
