As everything seemingly spins out of control…

You choose the issues and topics, I just read and shudder…

It was, finally, a busy week at ProEthics—law firms and others are finally paying attention to ethics again after being preoccupied by the #@$%(!! Wuhan virus—so I wasn’t able to cover everything I should have or wanted to.

As always, I’m hoping that the Open Forum participants will make up for my inadequacies.

Please keep comments germane to ethics, civil, and brilliant!

I owe some forum hours to the Commentariat after getting last week’s edition up so late.

Have at it!

I apologize for opening the doors late. Actual paying ethics business was coming in the metaphorical door today, for some reason.

Comments have been excellent all week. Keep it up!

I hope you’re ready!

Open Sesame!

Or as Popeye said, “Open sez me!”

The Supreme Court leak and the Roe v. Wade freakout ate the blog this week, but it couldn’t be helped. Maybe the Forum can generate some new distractions.

It’s fascinating that no commenters have surfaced here willing to defend abortion in general and Roe in particular. One of the most useful and enlightening comments ever made on Ethics Alarms about abortion came from a progressive commenter and abortion supporter, the now AWOL Still Spartan. She declared abortion to be a “necessary evil.” Necessary evils are by definition unethical; the only other phenomenon I would put in the category is war. However, except for situations where the life of the mother is in peril, I’m not sure about “necessary.”

I typically would have featured my favorite meme ever in the warm-up–May 6 is the anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster (in 1937)—but I couldn’t wait.

It’s Friday, and time to discuss the ethics issues you choose after putting up with my choices all week. (That, by the way, is the honest and ethical use of “choice.”)

Last week the alleged “echo chamber” wasn’t echoing much, so I anticipate a lively Friday Forum.

It’s all yours!

I know I can’t keep up with all the ethics stories and controversies, so I’m assuming the commentariat will have a lot to offer in this race for ethical enlightenment.

Start your ethics engines!

The Red Sox start their season with a day game against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium, so I’ll be especially busy today. Cover for me by pitching theories, fielding questions and batting around ethics matters here, okay?