Category: Ethics
Jilted
I loved my country. For nearly seventy years — since I was old enough to love my country. And now she’s done this to me. That Morning 40 Years Ago
More mistakes about ‘mistakes’ and moral choices: Laura Harner
Having been caught out for publishing plagiarized novels (http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/28/prolific-romantic-fiction-writer-exposed-as-a-plagiarist?CMP=share_btn_fb ), Laura Harner used the “M” word euphemism. ‘Responding to the Guardian in a statement, Harner said she realised she had “made mistakes”. “I own them, and I will deal with…
More Mistakes about ‘Mistake’: Haslem, Farmer, and the Browns
Cleveland.com quotes Jimmy Haslem, “”Ray Farmer knows and has (said to the Browns) he made a mistake in sending those texts.” Come on! If Farmer meant to text person x and punched in the wrong number while distracted by the…
Christianity, human origins and sin
An interesting new discussion is occurring concerning the historicity of Adam and Eve and how important it might be for Christian doctrine to insist that they were historical persons. Many Christians are OK these days with accepting the science of…
Henry Ford, the (non-TV) Waltons, and Economic Justice
Very good column about wages and society’s economic wellbeing that my wife Lynn found in The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/29/walmart-downton-abbey-worker-inequality?INTCMP=ILCNETTXT3487). Prompts me to put forward for consideration an economic argument that I’m not sure I’ve seen anywhere but probably just don’t remember…
Immigration Reform and Conservativism
Today’s NYT reports that the senate is about to pass a bill requiring any and all employers to get Federal approval before hiring someone–under the guise of immigration “reform.” My own Ohio Senator Rob Portman is trying to make the…
Marc Hauser’s “Mistakes”
Consider: Marc Hauser, a Harvard University professor, reportedly admits, “I acknowledge that I made some significant mistakes.” He has been placed on leave and been judged by a his university to be “solely responsible” for eight instances of scientific misconduct.”…
L-D debate–Ethics and Economic Sanctions
I’ve recently received an unusual number of requests for copies of an old article of mine, “On Shunning Undesirable Regimes: Ethics and Economic Sanctions,” Public Affairs Quarterly 3:2 (April 1989), 15-26. Turns out that the current resolution for the Lincoln-Douglas…