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Ethical Quote of the Week: Will Wilkinson
Some well-versed wisdom—from another— on the Occupy movement’s next move. Continue reading
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Incompetent Elected Official of the Month: North Carolina Governor Beverly Purdue
Gov. Perdue was really advocating the suspension of election….which means she is irresponsible and untrustworthy. I don’t want people in elected positions of leadership advocating the suspension of elections. I’m funny that way. Continue reading
“Twelve Angry Men,” A Million Angry Fools, and the Jury System
The million or more angry fools who are protesting and signing petitions calling for the Anthony verdict to be overturned or for a new trail (and proving that they prefer mob justice to jury trials and have no clue regarding such fine points of our legal system as double jeopardy) are threatening the jury system, which is both a microcosm and bulwark of a participatory democracy. Continue reading
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
Sorrell v. IMS Health: Legal, Ethical, and Unjust
It cannot be the Court’s job to fix lousy legislation drawn up by lazy, conflicted, corrupt or stupid elected officials. Those officials should not be permitted to shrug off the disastrous results of their slovenly work habits by saying, “Don’t worry, the courts will clean it up.” The most important reason to have judges on the bench who decide cases based on the laws as they are written is that it forces both legislators and their constituencies to be serious about the hard work of self-government. Continue reading
Ten Lessons from the “Dog Wars” Debate
The “Dog Wars” Android phone app is apparently down for the count, the victim of too many complaints, threats and accusations that it was evil and irresponsible and promotes real, live dog-fighting, even though almost nobody sane makes similar claims about other video games. As with the subject of most posts on Ethics Alarms, however, the ethics issue lingers on, whether or not the specific incident that sparked the commentary has been resolved. Continue reading
Would It Be Ethical To Prohibit Civicly Ignorant Citizens From Voting?
CNN columnist L.Z. Granderson made the argument in a recent website post that it would be reasonable to deny the right to vote to ignorant Americans who cannot name the three branches of government and who have nary a clue about the issues facing the country. Continue reading
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Are Citizens of Warring Nations “Innocent”?
The exoneration of citizens for the acts of their governments is a relatively new phenomenon, one happily endorsed by the habitually politically correct. It is untrue, and it is time to blow the whistle. Ethics foul. Continue reading
Comment of the Day: “Ethics Carnage in Wisconsin…”
An excellent comment that brings our attention back to the important issue of the proper role of public unions in a time of budget stress. Continue reading →
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