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Comment of the Day: “Ethics Quote of the Week: Yu Jie”
On the erosion of academic freedom and the turmoil in higher education. Continue reading
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Ethics Quote of the Week: Yu Jie
We are letting our dependence on China threaten our ethical integrity and values. Continue reading
Filed under Around the World, Character, Education, Government & Politics, Leadership
The Darkness of the Right, Pissing Away American Values
Mark Levin and his ethically blind colleagues do incalculable harm to our culture and corrupt our values by defending and even cheering the indefensible. Continue reading
Filed under Character, Citizenship, Journalism & Media, U.S. Society, War and the Military
Comment of the Day: “The Priorities of U.S. Higher Education Defy Understanding”
Michael tries to help us understand why thge University of Maryland is spending millions on a mansion. Continue reading
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Penn State Primer: 15 Ethics Alarms on the Duty to Rescue and the Bystander Problem
For perspective on Penn State: here are 15 Ethics Alarms stories about rescues, non-rescues and bystanders, brave and apathetic. Continue reading
Character, American Values and the Defiant Driver
It is encouraging to know that some Americans still have what used to be known as American character. Continue reading
Filed under Citizenship, U.S. Society
Ethical Quote of the Week: Angels Pitcher Jered Weaver
There are indeed more important things in life than money, and when one has “enough” by any reasonable standard, seeking still more is piggish, wasteful, and shallow. Jered Weaver understands. Continue reading
The Saga of Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt: Life in a Culture That Values Lies
A culture, or a significant part of it, that celebrates Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton or even briefly, Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag, is losing its values at a dangerous rate. Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag are warnings. I don’t feel particularly sorry for them, but they do frighten me. Continue reading
Wanted, Desperately Needed, and Lacking: Professionals, Adults and Values in the Media
This is what happens when a vital democratic institution requiring integrity, self-control, professionalism, ethics and a sense of responsibility is in the control of second rate minds with third rate values. Continue reading
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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