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The “Your Right To Engage in Ignorant and Dangerous Speech Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t Unethical For Me To Help It Be As Loud As Possible” Dept.: ABC Full Circle and WordPress

As the New Year dawns, we see two companies in the communications business, and two situations raising the question, is it ethical or unethical to allow someone to use your product or service to broadcast harmful speech? Continue reading

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NOW Do You Get It, Bachmann Fans?

As I knew and hopes she would, Rep. Bachmann finally demonstrated the tangible danger of her irresponsible contempt for facts, and showed what a disaster she would be in a job where more people took her seriously. Continue reading

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Filed under Bioethics, Education, Health and Medicine, Incompetent Elected Officials, Journalism & Media, Law & Law Enforcement, Leadership, Research and Scholarship, U.S. Society

Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Ethics Hero REVOKED, Integrity Missing

t didn’t take long for newly-minted GOP presidential contender Rick Perry, now leading in the polls, to tell us what we needed to know about his values and integrity.
He doesn’t have them. Continue reading

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Filed under Bioethics, Business & Commercial, Ethics Heroes, Family, Gender and Sex, Government & Politics, Health and Medicine, Incompetent Elected Officials, Leadership, Religion and Philosophy, Science & Technology, U.S. Society

Oprah’s Dangerous Breach of Diligence and Responsibility

Morrissey correctly diagnoses the ethical problem: “Seeing as how Oprah’s most successful “product” these days is cultivating and grooming personalities into credible and trusted sources, a great deal of responsibility comes with that task.” Continue reading

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Mad Scientist Ethics

Mad scientists have to be ethical too. Continue reading

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Ethics Hero: Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp knows how to use his celebrity the right way. Continue reading

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