Category Archives: Ethics Heroes
Don Cornelius, Suicide…and Ethics Hero?
If the current trend does not change, then the choice of an older American to end his or her life before it becomes a societal burden will be both rational and heroic, and our attitudes about the ethics of suicide will have to evolve accordingly. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Wolf Blitzer
As Newt tries the same cynical ploy once too often. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Ethics Heroes, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media
Ethics Hero AND Ethics Dunce: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Secretary Salazar scores a rare double honor. Well, one of them is an honor… Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Google
Google passes a tough integrity test. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Ethics Heroes, The Internet
Ethics Hero Emeritus: Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011)
Of him it could be fairly stated, as of few others, that while Christopher Hitchens was around, bullshit was never safe. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Steven Spielberg
A much-appreciated mea culpa and statement of principle from the great Spielberg. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Martin Scorsese
“Hugo” is a gift to all of us, but most of all it is a gift of immortality to a film pioneer who has been forgotten twice. Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Ethics Heroes, Popular Culture, Professions
William Aramony and the Fallen Hero Dilemma
It isn’t that there are no heroes, but that we need to take care that our heroes inspire us with their best, without corrupting us with their worst. Continue reading
Ethics Hero: Judge Laurence Silberman
Imagine: an appeals judge who is guided by the law and not ideology. Continue reading
Penn State Primer: 15 Ethics Alarms on the Duty to Rescue and the Bystander Problem
For perspective on Penn State: here are 15 Ethics Alarms stories about rescues, non-rescues and bystanders, brave and apathetic. Continue reading
