Category Archives: Environment
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
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
Eight Glasses of Water and the Climate Change Bullies
Despite its obvious unfairness, I still hear and read the term “denier” applied to the skeptical and prudent by the climate change bullies, which produces in me the almost irresistible urge to conclude that such critics are as ignorant or more so than those they attack. Continue reading
The Unethical Consequences of Ethical Coffee
Welcome to the world of so-called ethical coffee, where adherents must choose between a dizzying number of certifications and categories to ensure that their coffee purchases support ethical practices and objectives. Continue reading
Global Warming Advocates Flunk Ethics, and Credibility…Again
The UNEP, having failed to erase the history of its bad prediction, neatly reissued the same projection, pushing it ahead to 2020! Then, the media dutifully publicized this frightening “scientific prediction,” never mentioning that the previous identical projection was a bust….because, you see, that would make us less likely to be properly alarmed. Continue reading
Outrageous Corporate Conduct 2011: Transocean’s Unconscionable Bonuses
Frankly, I don’t know what we can do to make despicable conduct like this sufficiently painful for business executives that they are willing to forgo outrageous self-enrichment to stop the pain. Continue reading
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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 →
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