Tag Archives: Clarence Darrow

July 24, 2010

Free Speech or Theft? The Law and Ethics of Stolen Valor

How much protection should be accorded to intentionally false speech? Do we have a Constitutional right to lie? All lies? Some? How about claiming the be a war hero when you’re not? Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Daily Life, History, Law & Law Enforcement, U.S. Society, War and the Military

Tagged as bravery, Clarence Darrow, ethics, Eugene Volokh, First Amendment, fraud, Freedom of Speech, heroism, honesty, honor, integrity, Jack Marshall Sr., military service, misrepresentation, Stolen Valor Act, theft, US v. Strandloff

July 8, 2010

CNN’s Ocatavia Nasr: Another Victim of Cognitive Dissonance

Cognitive dissonance can alter our opinions and attitudes without our realizing it, which is why it is an essential tool of leadership, advertising, marketing, politics, propaganda, brain-washing and indoctrination. What happened to Octavia Nasr could happen to any of us. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Leadership, Professions, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as advertising, brain-washing, Clarence Darrow, cognitive dissonance, ethics, Hezbollah, honesty, indoctrination, Israel, Leadership, marketing, Middle East, Octavia Nasr, politics, propaganda, Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, suicide bombings, terrorism, trust, trustworthiness, Twitter

June 13, 2010

The Ethics of Helen Thomas Awards

When does an honor start honoring the wrong values? This tricky ethical problem is now in the spotlight thanks to the sudden self-destruction of Helen Thomas, who blurted anti-Semitic sentiments to a Rabbi, on camera, in an impromptu interview. There … Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, Professions, Religion and Philosophy, U.S. Society

Tagged as anti-Semitism, awards, Clarence Darrow, Dan Rather, ethics, fairness, forgiveness, George Armstrong Custer, Helen Thomas, honor, James Watson, John DeLorean, President Richard Nixon, redemption, Society for Professional Journalism, Tiger Woods, values, Watergate

May 31, 2010

The Ethics of Giving Up on Ethics

The growth of ethical rot in failed civilizations has always been fertilized by quitters. Continue reading →

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Filed under Citizenship, Daily Life, Journalism & Media, Race, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as apathy, Barry Bonds, baseball, Brian Cushing, cheating, child labor laws, Clarence Darrow, consumerism, courage, cowardice, culture, cycling, doping, drug legalization, environmentalism, ethics, fairness, honesty, John Adams, justice, justice system, Lance Armstrong, Mark McGwire, Martin Luther King, N.F.L., Paul Daugherty, performance-enhancing drugs, polution, racism, Ralph Nader, recreational drugs, Samuel Gompers, slavery, society, Susan B. Anthony, unions, William Lloyd Garrison, women's rights

March 2, 2010

The Unethical and Illogical Smearing of Justice Dept. Lawyers

The Senate Republicans, bolstered by the political Right, are angrily criticizing Attorney General Eric Holder for having former Gitmo defense lawyers on the Justice Department anti-terror team. This demonstrates many things, none of them good, some of them sad. Continue reading →

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Filed under Business & Commercial, Citizenship, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Popular Culture, Professions, Public Service, Philanthropy, Charity, U.S. Society

Tagged as ABA Model Rule 1.2, ABA Model Rule 1.9, American Bar Association, Atticus Finch, Attorney General Eric Holder, Bernie Madoff, Byron York, Clarence Darrow, clients, conflicts of interest, Cully Stimson, Dick Cheney, ethics, F. Lee Bailey, fairness, Guantanomo, Halliburton, Harvey Pitt, honesty, Johnny Cochran, Justice Department, lawyers, loyalty, Perry Mason, Prof. Stephen Gillers, respect, Sean Hannity, Securities Exchange Commission, Senator Charles Grassley, the Bush Administration

February 18, 2010

Ethics Dunce: PZ Myers

The way for scientists to get their message across is not by insulting religious people and their grandmothers. Duh. Continue reading →

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Filed under Bioethics, Daily Life, Education, Ethics Dunces, Religion and Philosophy, Science & Technology, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as abortion, agnostics, Ash Wednesday, atheism, bigotry, bullying, Catholic Church, charity, Christopher Hitchens, Clarence Darrow, ethics, Galileo, George Washington's "110 Rules", global warming, Joe Biden, kindness, meaness, PZ Myers, religion, respect, Richard Dawkins, science, the Bible, The Golden Rule

January 30, 2010

Dr. Tiller’s Executioner: Martyr, Monster or Ethical Murderer?

Was Scott Roeder, the premeditated murderer of late-term abortion doctor George Tiller, both a criminal and a hero? It depends. Continue reading →

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Filed under Health and Medicine, History, Law & Law Enforcement, Science & Technology, U.S. Society

Tagged as abolition, abortion, Clarence Darrow, courage, cruelty, Dr. George R. Tiller, ethics, fairness, Firts Degree murder, John Brown, jury nullification, late-term abortion, martyrdom, Scott Roeder, slavery, terrorism, Utilitarianism, vigilantiism

January 1, 2010

The 2009 Ethics Alarms Awards, Part 2: The Best

The Best in Ethics of 2009. May the 2010 list be longer! Most Important Ethical Act of the Year: President Barack Obama’s executive order banning torture. The Declaration of Independence already did it once, but the President was right: we … Continue reading →

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Tagged as "Choose Civility", "Up in the Air", Adam Lambert, American Idol, Annenberg Foundation, apology, basketball, Captain Chesley Sullenberger, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, Clarence Darrow, Cliamtegate, Darius MacNeil, Dave Rohlman, Dr. P.M. Forni, earmarks, ethics, Factcheck.org, George Clooney, global warming, honesty, Howard County MD, integrity, James Frey, Kris Allen, Michael Douglas, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Newman, Paul Petersen, Peter Shellem, President George W. Bush, Professor Judith Curry, Rep. Jeff Flake, Rudyard Kipling, Secretary Robert Gates, sportsmanship, Tim McGraw, torture

December 27, 2009

The Wrong Lesson from Tiger’s Fall

Tiger Woods’ conduct doesn’t prove that athletes are too “human” to be role models. Just that he didn’t want to do his job. Continue reading →

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Filed under Arts & Entertainment, Business & Commercial, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, Sports, U.S. Society

Tagged as celebrity, Clarence Darrow, ethics, fatherhood, heroes, integrity, parenthood, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, role-models, Tiger Woods, Ulysses S. Grant

December 10, 2009

The Ethics of Ignorance and Apathy: Gore’s Million Degree Gaffe

Despite Gore’s inexcusably ignorant statement that the earth is “millions of degrees” at its core, and the inescapable implications of it, only conservative blogs, Fox News, and right wing radio have publicized his statement. Continue reading →

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Filed under Around the World, Arts & Entertainment, Government & Politics, History, Journalism & Media, Popular Culture, Science & Technology, Sports, The Internet, U.S. Society

Tagged as "An Inconvenient Truth", "March of the Penguins", "Seinfeld", "The Tonight Show, accountability, Al Gore, baseball, Bill James, Clarence Darrow, Climategate, Conan O'Brien, conservative talk radio, earth science, global warming, honesty, integrity, Lauren Caitlin Upton, Michael Richards, Miss Teen USA, Morgan Freeman, news media, Roger Clemens, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, signature significance, the Bible, the Scopes Trial, Tina Fey, trust

Tag Archives: Clarence Darrow

Free Speech or Theft? The Law and Ethics of Stolen Valor

CNN’s Ocatavia Nasr: Another Victim of Cognitive Dissonance

The Ethics of Helen Thomas Awards

The Ethics of Giving Up on Ethics

The Unethical and Illogical Smearing of Justice Dept. Lawyers

Ethics Dunce: PZ Myers

Dr. Tiller’s Executioner: Martyr, Monster or Ethical Murderer?

The 2009 Ethics Alarms Awards, Part 2: The Best

The Wrong Lesson from Tiger’s Fall

The Ethics of Ignorance and Apathy: Gore’s Million Degree Gaffe

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