Category Archives: Environment
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
God, Beck, and the Confirmation Bias Trap
Policy makers, decision-makers, journalists, and indeed all of us have an ethical obligation to be on the alert for confirmation bias, that insidious human tendency to interpret all external phenomena as confirmation of our established opinions and beliefs. Continue reading
The Michigan Saloon Legislator Lock-Out: Not Quite “Here Comes The Bride” Unethical, But Wrong All The Same
The idea that businesses should take punitive actions against individuals because of their differing opinions on social and governing policies is offensive to our sense of community, societal cohesion and democracy. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Scent Branding, Mind-Control, and Ethics”
Elizabeth was the first one to dive into this murky, interesting, science fiction/ “Brave New World” issue that I examined in “Scent Branding, Mind-Control, and Ethics,” on a topic that confused me more the longer I considered it. What resulted was unusually long, perhaps accounting for the lack of comments, and Elizabeth’s reaction is long as well, but worth reading. Continue reading
Scent Branding, Mind-Control, and Ethics
There are lots of ethical issues involved in assessing the practice of scent branding. Analyzing them, however, requires an open mind, at least at the outset. 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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