“Scroogenomics”: Clueless About Holiday Ethics
"Scroogenomics" argues that holiday gift-giving makes no economic or social sense, and is a net drag on everyone. Author and economist Waldfogel is hopelessly confused about the social and ethical...
View ArticleA New and Ethical Website: The Give Blog
Illinois Law Professor Suja Thomas and her husband Scott Bahr have created an ethical website, a site called The Give Blog: Conscious Living and Giving.
View ArticleRobert Bowman: Aspiring Lawyer, Ethics Martyr
Robert Bowman, according to a panel of New York judges, does not have the requisite good character to be admitted to the practice of law in New York. The panel is wrong.
View ArticleThe Airline, the Columnist, and “Go Plane Go!”
It is rare that an ethics issue breaks down neatly into two well-defined camps, but that is the what has happened regarding an October episode in which Southwest airline flight attendants kicked a...
View ArticleJustice for the Serenity Prayer’s Author
Few combinations of twenty-six words have altered more lives for the better than the Serenity Prayer.Thanks to an academic controversy, the author of the prayer may finally get the credit he deserved...
View ArticleLaw, Citizenship, and the Right to be a Jackass
Americans have the right to be jackasses. Nevertheless, abusing that right is unethical, like flipping off a police officer.
View ArticleStudent Booze, the Police, and the Facebook Mole
Police use of a Facebook mole to nab underage drinkers is not unethical. Utilitarian principles apply in law enforcement, within certain court-defined limits. Society has chosen to approve the use of...
View ArticleTrusting Google
Google bears watching. If it is not going to adhere to its own Ethics Code, if it cannot be depended upon not to skew its search results according to political preferences and biases, then it cannot be...
View ArticleEthics Dunces: Roland Mason and Phoebe Wilson
The moral of this story is that something can be whimsical, charming, funny, creative and effective, and still be wrong.
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