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Ethics Dunce: The Daily Beast

A volley ball is not a human being. Continue reading

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Teacher Manuael Ernest Dillow: An Ethics Dunce, But, Of Course, An Aberration

All of these outrageous teachers are aberrations. Lots and lots of aberrations. Continue reading

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Our Untrusted Professions: Another One Bites The Dust…Or Should.

One of the few professions we trust is pharmacists. It appears even that trust is undeserved. Continue reading

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Greg Smith’s Urgent Ethics Alarm

Greg Smith blows a whistle on Goldman Sachs’ ethical culture. Whatever his motives, his ethical message is correct. Continue reading

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Super Tuesday Confirmation Bias Lesson, Or Why We Can Never Trust Media Analysis

A graphic demonstration of why, when it comes to fair news analysis, we are on our own. Continue reading

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Charles M. Blow’s Bigoted Anti-Mormon Tweet, Chapter 2: Ironies, Regrets, and Hypocrisy on the Left

When is an apology not an apology? Apparently when it suits an ideological agenda. When is bigotry acceptable? Apparently when its a liberal columnist who is the bigot. Continue reading

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Ethics Dunce: NY Times Columnist Charles M. Blow, and the Times, If It Doesn’t Do Something About Him

Charles M. Blow just slurred Mitt Romney’s faith, and it appears to be fine with his bosses at the New York Times. Continue reading

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Thanks and Mea Culpa

Good week, everyone. Continue reading

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Comment of the Day: “The Darkness of the Right, Pissing Away American Values”

In this entertaining Comment of the Day, Haddit (who, I gather, has “haddit” with all this ethics talk) gives a bravura performance of exactly where ethics-free thinking will get you in this and other war-related issues. Continue reading

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The Emma Sullivan Affair: Not Just An Aberration

I believe 2011 is the year in which the teaching and school administration professions reached the tipping point where it is no longer rational to trust them. Does that mean that every single school, administrator and teacher is untrustworthy? No, of course not. What it means is that the education professional culture no longer rejects or even discourages incompetence, warped priorities and cowardice, so that parents and students cannot assume that problems or even regular duties will be handled fairly or well. Continue reading

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