Monthly Archives: November 2009
The Ethics of Bigotry, Part III:Tom Yawkey’s Red Sox Racism, and How Not to Prove It
Tom Yawkey was a racist, but he proved it with his actions and those of the organization that he led, the Boston Red Sox. His words, however, don’t add anything to that proof. Continue reading
Filed under Journalism & Media, Sports, U.S. Society
The Ethics of Bigotry, Part II: Unethical Tactics in the .gay Wars
The real test of one’s understanding of and opposition to bigotry arrives when it isn’t directed at you or you group, but suddenly becomes a useful tool. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, The Internet, U.S. Society
I Almost Wish He Had Tasered the Mother…
Can we agree that using a taser on a child is always, always, wrong? Continue reading
Filed under Law & Law Enforcement
The Ethics of Bigotry, Part I: A Dubious Complaint
Charging the ethics committee with racial bias for investigating black members whose conduct richly deserves investigation suggests that the Black Caucus doesn’t believe its members should be held to reasonable ethics standards. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, U.S. Society
Soccer Ethics, and the Duty to Self-Report in Sports
In a recent soccer game between France and Ireland to qualify for the World Cup, France won on a goal resulting from a play in which a French player touched the ball with his hand, which should have negated the goal.The key ethical issue is whether Henry, or any other French player, had an obligation to admit the infraction and thus invalidate their own winning goal. Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Sports
Ethics Tip To President Obama Regarding the Mohammed Trial: Please Shut Up!
If Mohammed is going to be tried, he must be tried fairly. If that is to happen, then the President of the United States, U.S Senators and the Attorney General (see the previous post) have a duty to shut up about his prospects of conviction. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, Uncategorized
Un-American Values in the Terrorist’s Trial
The more one examines the civilian trail of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a New York Federal Court, the less sense it makes, ethical or otherwise. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement
Breast Cancer Screening Standards and Conflicts of Interest
Supporters and opponents of health care reform involving more government management must accept facts: the more the government is responsible for cost control, the more conflicted it is in setting health care standards. The more conflicted an entity is, the less it can or should be trusted. Continue reading
The Trouble With Sarah
Sarah Palin claims, and probably believes, that she is dedicated to doing the right thing, no matter how difficult or unpopular. She consistently demonstrates, however, that she lacks the analytical ability, basic ethical knowledge, self-discipline and objectivity to know what the right thing is. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, Journalism & Media
