Category Archives: Love
The Marianne Gingrich Ethics Train Wreck
The Marianne Gingrich interview drama embarrassed everyone involved, whether they know it or not. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Love
“Ask Amy” Tackles A Classic—And Misses
“Ask Amy” botches a classic ethical dilemma. Continue reading
Filed under Family, Gender and Sex, Journalism & Media, Love, Romance and Relationships
Love Your Lawyer? Bad Idea. Love Your Client? Even Worse.
A lawyer thinks you should make your lawyer your boyfriend, like his client did. Oh so wrong. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Gender and Sex, Law & Law Enforcement, Love
Stop Cruelty To Children—Or To Put It Another Way, Stop Jimmy Kimmel
Jimmy Kimmel has got to be stopped. He thinks cruelty to kids is funny, and unfortunately, so do his viewers Continue reading
“It’s A Wonderful Life” Ethics, Part 3
Here is the final installment of the Ethics Alarms overview of the ethical issues raised in Frank Capra’s classic. This ishow an ethicist watches a movie with as many ethical choices as “It’s A Wonderful Life.” I can’t help it. Continue reading
My 15 Hollywood Cures For A Paterno-Penn State-Sandusky Hangover, Part 2
The second half of the fifteen ethics movies I’m using to recharge the batteries drained by Joe Paterno. Continue reading
Unethical Quote of the Week: Kim Kardashian
I can’t prove that Kim and Kris’s marriage is a fake, but virtually everything the Kardashians do is ruthlessly calculated with the reality show audience in mind, so the usual presumptions regarding something as intimate as a marriage are turned inside-out. Continue reading
The Selfish Brother, the Stranded Passengers, and the Key To Ethical Problem-Solving
An ethics lesson from Carolyn Hax and an ethics hypothetical, both illustrating the same secret of effective ethical problem-solving. Continue reading
Filed under Daily Life, Family, Journalism & Media, Love, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society
Stacy Crim, Ethics Hero…and the Hardest Choice
When life places one of us in a “Sophie’s Choice” dilemma like Stacy Crim’s, no one has standing to question or challenge whether the ultimate choice is “right.” But Stacy’s choice was certainly exemplary. Continue reading
