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Why Students Lose Respect for School Authorities, Case Study 309,456: “The...
Overly broad, poorly conceived, illogical, unnecessary and arbitrary rules simply teach students that the concept of adult intelligence and wisdom is a myth, and that they are under the thumbs of...
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Home-Grown Mengeles, And What We Must Learn From Them
Depriving human beings of their rights and lives in the interest of science is "the ends justify the means" at its worst. But the Guatemala experiments proved that it was once flourishing and...
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Dancing With Thomas Jefferson: How Assholes Make the Law Spoil Life For Everyone
Now we have a little less freedom at national monuments, thanks to the determination of some people to abuse it. Continue reading →
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Ethics Quote of the Week: The Washington Post Editors
So sympathetic has much of the media, and a lot of ethics alarms commenters of good ethical pedigree, been to these as--self-indulgent, publicity-seeking, First Amendment-trivializing grand-standers...
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Ethics Quote of the Era: Thomas Jefferson and the Continental Congress of 1776
The Ethics Quote that changed the world. Continue reading →
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William Aramony and the Fallen Hero Dilemma
It isn't that there are no heroes, but that we need to take care that our heroes inspire us with their best, without corrupting us with their worst. Continue reading →
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Unethical Quote of the Week: Thomas Jefferson
The vast majority of U.S. Presidents have been good men. Thomas Jefferson wasn't. Continue reading →
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The Ethics Attic: Notes From Around The Web
I'm too sick to write much more today, but luckily others are doing my work for me. Continue reading →
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Ethics Bob Asks: “Did Torture Lead Us To Bin Laden”? My Answer: “So What If...
"Did torture lead us to Osama bin Laden?" There is only one ethical answer to that question: It doesn't matter. Continue reading →
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Comment of the Day: Ethics Bob Asks: “Did Torture Lead Us To Bin Laden”? My...
Here is an interesting resolution of the "ticking bomb" torture scenario. Continue reading →
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Autonomy: The Ethics Alarm That Obamacare Should Be Setting Off, But Isn’t
When we give up our autonomy, those who take over are seldom as wise and all-knowing as they pretend to be. Besides, if someone is going to make stupid decisions about your life and lifestyle, it...
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Independence Day Ethics: Historian Hype, Liberal Bias, And The Great...
By all means, let's fix the typos in the Declaration. Let us also not misconstrue trivial changes to provide bogus ammunition for those who would warp the Founders' vision in pursuit of partisan...
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The Ethics Conflict Of Chevy Chase’s Newland Fountain and How To Resolve It
Should not present generations honor past generations' choices of heroes, at least to the extent of allowing their intentions of carving out some small immortality for those they chose to honor staying...
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Ashley Judd, Hillary Clinton, and Celebrity Malpractice
Judd has an obligation to have her facts aligned with reality before she makes public misrepresentations, and it is irresponsible and dangerous to make the public dumber than it already is Continue...
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A Presidents Day Celebration (PART 1): I Love These Guys, I Really Do. Yes,...
I have a lifetime love affair with the Presidents of the United States. Continue reading →
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Inexcusable Political Reporter Incompetence: “Inalienable Rights? What...
This isn’t about bias, although a good case could be made that bias is at the root of the problem. It is about supposedly experienced political reporters not knowing, understanding or respecting the...
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Stop Your Cultural Bulldozing, America: Disney World Taking Down Bill Cosby’s...
I know it's scary in an environment where the immense weight of the news media, the internet and the government are constantly teaming up to smear and destroy anyone who dares to take unpopular...
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Down That Slippery Slope They Told Me Didn’t Exist: Connecticut Democrats...
A nation that doesn't honor and respect its history has no history. Continue reading →
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Unethical Quote Of The Month: The Democratic National Committee
The Democratic Party has lost its integrity, its perspective, its values and its mind. Continue reading →
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