Tag Archives: cognitive dissonance
JFK, Ethics Corrupter
Jack Kennedy’s negative influence on public expectations of their leaders continues to get stronger after 50 years. Continue reading
Unethical Endorsement of the Month: Former Rep. Duke Cunningham
What does one call a political endorsement from someone everyone hates? Continue reading
Filed under Character, Government & Politics
The Washington Post’s Hypocrite Who Doesn’t Understand Hypocrisy
A Washington Post columnist accuses Sarah Palin of being a hypocrite, so he can be a hypocrite himself. Continue reading
Filed under Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, Journalism & Media, Professions
5 Things PETA Doesn’t Understand About Ethics
PETA has registered the domain name peta.xxx and plans to launch a pornography website in December that “draws attention to the plight of animals.” What the organization doesn’t understand about ethics is staggering, amusing, or tragic, depending on your point of view. Continue reading
Unethical Blog Post of the Week: “But What About Caylee?”
The post is frightening, because I am certain that this kind of non-reasoning is epidemic in the United States, nourished by touchy-feely bloggers, pundits and columnists and made possible by the ingrained habit of having opinions without knowledge. Since their opinions are not supported by facts or reasoning, they can’t be debated. If you aren’t persuaded, you’re just mean, that’s all. That’s no way to decide what is right and wrong, but it certainly a popular way. Here is wittybizgal’s argument, one fallacious step at a time. Continue reading
When An Apology Proves You’ll Say Anything: Ed Schultz’s Amazing Mea Culpa
MSNBC’s Ed Schultz’s masterful apology didn’t show he was sorry. It showed that he can’t be believed or trusted. That’s a great deal more significant than calling another talk show host a slut. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Unethical Blog Post of the Week: ‘But What About Caylee?”’
As comments, accusations and retorts featuring the Ethics Alarms All-Stars were flying around on the blog in reaction to the Casey Anthony verdict and my reaction to some of those reactions (here, here, here, and here), Lianne Best came through with an especially measured take, one that was immediately cheered by other commenters. Continue reading →
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