This blog feels like a cold empty building right now. Is there anybody out there?

OK - how about this? There is a proposal to change the law concerning voting rights in Hungary. The suggestion is that each mother should get more than one vote - one for herself and another one for each dependent child that she has below the independent voting age. See:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/17/hungary-mothers-get-extra-votes

The justification is that, without such a measure, a significant proportion of the population is disenfranchised - ie has no say in the future direction of government in the country.

As we are starting our formal consideration of ethics today, let's use this example in order to try to develop some arguments about whether this proposal is a good idea or not. What do you think?

Here is an article which I found quite interesting:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/13/mexico-language-ayapaneco-dying-out

Look at the comments under the article for some conflicting opinions about this matter. What do you think?