Category Archives: Quotes

More Quotation Ethics: The Martin Luther King Memorial Strikes Again…But It’s Maya Angelou’s Fault

Misquoting an important historical figure is always wrong, but placing a misquoted passage on that individual’s memorial is an insult, both to the honored man and history. Continue reading

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Historical Theft at the King Memorial

Martin Luthor King would not have wanted to steal a famous quote from Theodore Parker, and neither should we. It needs to be removed from King’s Memorial…and the President’s rug. Continue reading

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Hypocritical Spam of the Year

Either spammers are developing a keen sense of irony, or that their hypocrisy knows no bounds. Continue reading

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Some Post Iowa Debate Ethics Awards

The GOP pre-Iowa straw poll presidential debate last night earned a few ethics awards, with many more to come as we get to know these pretenders better. Continue reading

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Ethics Quote of the Week: Justice Antonin Scalia

Those who have suggested that Justice Scalia’s vote in support of unrestricted campaign advocacy by organizations in the much-reviled Citizens United case was motivated by political bias rather than dedication to principle ought to read his opinion here, and then send him a letter of apology. Continue reading

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Unethical Quote of the Week: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

Clinton’s sweeping extinction of process as an essential aspect of governing intentionally obscures the core American principle that not only must we do the right thing, but we must do it the right way. Continue reading

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Ethics Quote of the Day: Las Vegas Blackjack Dealer Lisa Weiss

Lisa Weiss is a “big supporter” of a national leader she has had only limited contact with, despite the fact that the contact led her to condemn his honesty and character. Continue reading

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Gov. Mitch Daniels’ Self-Validating Decision

The decision to lead a nation must depend on the nation’s needs, not yours, and not your wife’s. We are grateful for Mitch Daniels’ honesty, however. Now we know. Continue reading

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Comment of the Day: “Death Photo Ethics”

Mixing pragmatic arguments with ethical arguments may serve to undermine both, argues the Comment of the Day. Continue reading

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Ethics Dunce: Steelers Running Back Rashard Mendenhall

Twitter is a wonderful invention; it used to require a blog to efficiently alert the world to one’s intellectual, logical and ethical deficiencies. Now NFL star Rashard Mendenhall is using 140 characters to accomplish the same task, and doing a bang-up job of it. Continue reading

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