Monthly Archives: October 2011

McDonalds, Germs, and the Zealot

Ethical questions are raised in the clash between a fast food chain and a zealous safety advocate mom. Continue reading

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, Science & Technology, U.S. Society

Incompetent Elected Official of the Week: Texas State Board of Education Member Ken Mercer

The problem with this particular breed of proud, unapologetic and arrogant idiot is that if given the power, they will try to replicate themselves, soon flooding the land with dangerously ignorant people just like them. Continue reading

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Filed under Education, Government & Politics, Incompetent Elected Officials, Leadership, Religion and Philosophy, Research and Scholarship, Science & Technology, U.S. Society

Bonus Comment of the Day: “Naming Your Kid After Hitler…”

I couldn’t resist this one, since I needed a hammer to close my mouth after I read it, because my jaw locked. Continue reading

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Filed under Family, U.S. Society

Scott Olsen, The “Occupy” Movement and The Protest Dilemma

Why do we still fall for this tactic, and have such sympathy for demonstrators when they push and push until someone is hurt? This is a key part of their strategy, and we should know it by now. Continue reading

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Filed under Government & Politics, Law & Law Enforcement, U.S. Society

Ethics Quote of the Week: Charles Krauthammer

Sometimes an individual can get what he deserves, but get it in the wrong way. That was the situation here. The human rights activists were correct to remind us that Gaddafy’s treatment was wrong, and we should acknowledge that. Continue reading

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Filed under Around the World, Ethics Quotes, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Religion and Philosophy, War and the Military

Fox News Inveils the Unethical Poll of the Month AND Inspires a Fun New Pastime: “The Stupid Choices Game”

The news media is supposed to use polls to help explain what the public thinks and believes, not bolster what the media wants it to believe. I have never seen a poll so simultaneously incompetent, misleading, and simple-minded. Continue reading

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Family, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions, U.S. Society

Ethics Quiz: Should A High School Football Team Be Punished For THINKING About Being Unethical?

Was making out a list including unethical acts unethical? Was it unethical to consider doing any of them? Continue reading

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Ethical Jobs Plan: Let’s Put Lawyers in the 99%

Despite the fact that such a change might be ruinous for me personally, since a large portion of ProEthics income comes from providing bar association-mandated continuing legal education courses on ethics, I have to endorse the arguments made by Brookings Fellow Clifford Winston and George Mason Law Professor Illya Somin for eliminating barriers to entry in the legal profession. Continue reading

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Comment of the Day: “Naming Your Kid After Hitler: 100% Legal, 100% Child Abuse”

Tom Fuller, in today’s Comment of the Day, explains why you can’t name your kid “Adolf Hitler” is Germany. Continue reading

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Better Late Than Never: The ACLU Finally Opposes the High School War On Off-Campus Speech

No school should have authority to discipline students regarding what they communicate to each other when they aren’t in school, and that includes offensive comments, teasing and bullying. Now the ACLU is taking some action to make that point stick. Continue reading

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Filed under Citizenship, Education, The Internet, U.S. Society