“It’s A Wonderful Life” Ethics, Part 3
Here is the final installment of the Ethics Alarms overview of the ethical issues raised in Frank Capra's classic. This ishow an ethicist watches a movie with as many ethical choices as "It's A...
View Article“Luck,” Causation, and the Complex Computation of Mixed Motivations
HBO cancelled "Luck" as a humane and sacrificing gesture in the interest of animal safety, or to safe a bundle on a loser of a series. Does it matter which is true? Continue reading →
View ArticleA Choice, A Doubt, and One of a Million Moments
A million moments and choices, and in the end, they add up to the kind of person you were. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Complete “It’s A Wonderful Life” Ethics Guide
Just in time for the season's first “It’s A Wonderful Life” showing, Parts 1, 2 and 3 combined and complete! Continue reading →
View Article“The Walking Dead” Ethics: The Toughest Leadership Dilemma Of All
Should Rick trade Michonne to the Governor? Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Hero: Lawyer/Blogger Scott Greenfield
If you could commit any crime and get away with it, what would it be? Scott Greenfield not only has the right answer, but the right argument too. Continue reading →
View ArticleEthics Poison From Nike and Tiger Woods
Woods' new ad for Nike in the wake of his resurgence in his sport, is audaciously unethical, braying a dangerous, corrupting message into the cultural atmosphere. Continue reading →
View Article“The Only Answer”: An Ethics Hero, A Life Saved, And A Troubling Hypothetical
Cameron Lyle is doing a noble, selfless, and ethical thing with the full support of his coach and family. But would the result be the same if he was a different kind of athlete? I wonder. Continue...
View Article“Would You Rather”: An Ethics-Horror-Health Care-Dinner Party In Hell Movie...
I wouldn't add it to my list of 25 ethics movies, but it would sustain a lively seminar, and its a lot easier to follow than "Homeland." Continue reading →
View ArticleTo Get Your Christmas Ethics Off To The Right Start…
Just in time for the season's first “It’s A Wonderful Life” showing, Parts 1, 2 and 3 combined and complete! Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Fifth Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Worst of Ethics 2013 (Part Two of...
Part Two of the Worst of Ethics 2013. The year was so unethical, I can't even get the whole mess into just two installments! Continue reading →
View ArticleDéjà Vu: In D.C., It’s The Brooklyn EMTs All Over Again. How Can This Happen...
Over the weekend, in Washington, D.C., a 77-year-old man, Medric Cecil Mills, collapsed across the street from a fire station. The man's daughter ran across the street to seek help, and the...
View Article50 Years After Kitty Genovese, Inhumans On A Bus
From the mother nodding off, to her fellow Americans who didn't care enough to pay attention, to the self-absorbed cell-phone amateur reporter, that bus is a microcosm of what American society could...
View ArticleEthics Hero: Pasco High School (Dade City, Fla.)
A story of kindness, and it's not a movie. Continue reading →
View ArticleMusings On The Clarence Thomas Affair and Insideous, Unavoidable,...
If we believe this ethical principle, and reject the King's Pass, it means that we must be willing to live with the practical results of it: suspending the star quarterback before the big game, sacking...
View Article“Bang The Drum Slowly,” My Old Friend, and Me
Today I find myself in the shoes of pitcher Henry Wiggen, the narrator of “Bang The Drum Slowly.” Continue reading →
View ArticleReminder: It’s A Wonderful Ethics Movie!
Don't forget the Ethics Alarms Complete “It’s A Wonderful Life” Ethics Guide. Continue reading →
View ArticleBaylor, The Rapist, And The King’s Pass
Laws are for the little people. Continue reading →
View ArticleHave A Happy Thanksgiving Everyone, And Don’t Forget To Review The Ethics...
'Tis the season to argue about ethics. Continue reading →
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