Category Archives: Research and Scholarship
Climate Wars Ethics: Gleick’s Lie, and the Death of Trust
A distinguished climate scientist showed that he would lie in the interest of his cause. Once that line has been crossed, there can be no trust. Continue reading
Wikipedia Ethics
And this is why you can’t trust Wikipedia, Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “‘Who Ya Gonna Call?’” Paranormal Ethics, and the Irony of Same”
Paranormal phenomena is nonsense, and thus ethical standards for it are an oxymoron. Unless, of course, I’m wrong. Continue reading
“Who Ya Gonna Call?” Paranormal Ethics, and the Irony of Same
As long as people are going to engage in junk like paranormal research, they might as well be ethical about it. Continue reading
Economists Start Getting Serious About Ethics
Economists, feeling the heat from the 2008 collapse, have decided to agree on some ethics principles. It’s a start. Continue reading
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Gallup’s Trust Survey: Congress in Freefall
We distrust Congress. Surprised? Continue reading
Unethical Headline of the Week: Pravda
Pravda would apparently be right at home in America. Continue reading
The Fat Kid, the Slippery Slope, and the Cliff
When a society sees more justification for removing a child from his family because he is fat than when his mother is on crack, has no job, beats her children or lives with a succession of men of questionable character, the slippery slope leads to, and off, a cliff. That cliff represents government intrusion into personal decisions, lifestyles and relationships to a degree that was previously unimaginable. Continue reading
Now Here’s A Terrible Idea: Mandated Disclosures for Photoshopped Images of Celebrities!
Researchers have declared the representation of unachievable human perfection dangerous. Their solution? Why, government regulation, of course! Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Distracted Driving, Pot, and “The Great Debate””
A Comment of the Day from the Great Debate on “The Great Debate.” Continue reading →
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