Category Archives: Environment
Ethics Round-Up in Race, Religion and Sex: GOP Bigotry, Georgetown’s Integrity, and Warren’s Absurdity
Playing catch-up: three important ethics stories that mustn’t get buried. Continue reading
Ethics Quiz: The Purloined Championship Team
A triumphant college coach not only jumped ship and went to another university, the coach took the entire championship squad. Okay, so it was the chess team. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Environment
Time To Retire Editorial Cartoons, With Gratitude
Editorial cartoons have jumped the shark. Take, for example, Tom Toles. Continue reading
Climate Wars Ethics: Gleick’s Lie, and the Death of Trust
A distinguished climate scientist showed that he would lie in the interest of his cause. Once that line has been crossed, there can be no trust. Continue reading
Slaves, Whales, Humphrey the Hippo, and Captive Animal Ethics
PETA’s lawsuit is an embarrassment, but the ethical issue of captive wild animals is a serious one. Continue reading
Climate Change Ethics: Prof. Muller’s Study and Media Incompetence
At issue is not whether global warming is occurring, or even whether it is man-made. The issue is how incompetent, biased and astoundingly uncritical the media coverage of the issue has been and continues to be. Now major news publications and respected columnists are participating in yet another global warming ethics train wreck, which helps nobody and nothing. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Nobel Prize Recipient Ivar Giaever
For adding some much-needed perspective and balance to an issue recently dominated by ridicule of those unconvinced by science they do not understand, by supporters of the science who don’t understand it any better, and doing so out of principle rather than ideology, Ivar Giaever deserves to be recognized as an Ethics Hero. Continue reading
Now THIS Is Hypocrisy!
In its continuing effort to help illustrate the proper use of the words “hypocrite” and “hypocrisy” for those journalists, pundits, politicians, activists and members of the public who seem to have difficulty with the concepts, Ethics Alarms presents another installment of “Now THIS is Hypocrisy!” Continue reading →
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