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Robert Samuelson’s Brilliant, Ethical, Hopeless Proposal
Samuelson suggests that former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush tour the country together and jointly apologize for not tackling Social Security and Medicare when they had the chance. Continue reading
Filed under Finance, Government & Politics, History, Leadership, U.S. Society
Most Troubling Comment During The GOP Debate: Mitt Romney
The winning entry in the debate, revealing a disturbing ethical orientation in a spontaneous remark, was Mitt Romney’s comment in the midst of objecting to Gov. Perry’s allegation about Romney’s hypocrisy in criticizing Perry’s record on illegal immigration after employing illegals himself. Continue reading
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Clearing the Ethics Palette of Despair, Finding Hope
Patrice Roe, a dear friend, a wise woman and an occasional reader here sent me this story, about a father who gave his life to rescue his Down Syndrome son under remarkable circumstances. Today it was just what I needed to read, to clear my ethics palette of some terrible tasting tales that generated too many toxic thoughts. It reminded me that out beyond the greasy ethics smog of Washington, D.C. there are people who do the right thing when it matters, more than we know. Continue reading
Bin Laden Aftermath Ethics: Deadly Expediency and Incompetence at the Top
To hell with “Hope and Change”…I’ll settle for responsibility and competence. Continue reading
Nuclear Crisis Ethics
What does Japan’s current plight have to do with the nuclear industry here? Virtually nothing, but never mind; there is ignorance to exploit, and cognitive fallacies to piggy-back on. Continue reading
The Status of Dismissed Gay Troops: An Ethics Test For The GOP
Despite the biases of their supporters, Republicans have an ethical and a patriotic duty to support Smith’s proposal. The only reasons for doing otherwise are mean-spiritedness, bigotry, and cynical pandering to the worst instincts of their constituency. Continue reading
One More Addition to 2010′s Worst in Ethics: Sen. John McCain
I inadvertently left a category out of the Ethics Alarms year end awards for 2010, perhaps because it is such a discouraging one. I just remedied the omission, and added this: Integrity Meltdown of the Year: Sen. John McCain. A … Continue reading
Obama’s Quality of Mercy: Strained
President Obama finally pardoned somebody who wasn’t a turkey last week, but not before he became slowest Democratic president in U.S. history to use Article II of the Constitution to right a judicial wrong or just exercise his power to demonstrate the ethical virtue of mercy. Continue reading
Filed under Government & Politics, History, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, U.S. Society
TARP Ethics Dilemmas: A Guide For Advocates and Critics
When a policy, like TARP, that is widely criticized as wrong-headed in principle actually works, it presents ethical problems for both advocates and critics alike. Continue reading
Filed under Business & Commercial, Finance, Government & Politics
Comment of the Day: “Unethical Business Practices: Online Reputation Services”
Tgt has some uncomfortable truths about the practicalities of taking principled stands, in the context of my discussing the dishonest and bullying tactics of so-called online reputation protection services without specifically naming any one company. Continue reading →
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