The Troubling Ethics of Human Psychological Experimentation
Call me an alarmist if you like, but this makes me worry about the reckless, harmful and even diabolical experiments being dreamed up by the next wave of aspiring authors and the psychological...
View ArticleAre Restaurants That Hire Illegal Immigrants Ethical?
Are restaurants that hire illegal immigrants ethical? No. Continue reading →
View ArticleFood Preparation and the Right to Have Unethical Views
My rights don't diminish because you may disagree with the motives for exercising them, regarding food, speech, voting, or anything else. Continue reading →
View ArticleChevron, Environmentalists, Hoaxes, and the Ethics of Dialogue
Chevron's new campaign represents a public commitment to ethical values; the fake campaign used to mock it represents unethical tactics, arrogance and hostility. In dueling public relations campaigns,...
View ArticleWelcome to The Nursing Blog! Next?
There's a new blog on nursing ethics, but that should just be the beginning. There are a lot of ethics blogs we still need to see. Continue reading →
View ArticleMarketing the Glock and Corporate Social Responsibility
Chris MacDonald has a thoughtful post on this topic on the always excellent Business Ethics Blog. Continue reading →
View ArticleHere We Go Again! The Groupon Super Bowl Commercial: No, Not Unethical
A good and effective ad? Maybe not; we'll see. An offensive ad? Obviously to some; Tibetans have more to worry about than Timothy Hutton. Unethical? No. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe Ethics Attic: Notes From Around The Web
I'm too sick to write much more today, but luckily others are doing my work for me. Continue reading →
View ArticleAccommodating Minority Religious Requirements vs Human Rights: Ethicist Chris...
Pluralism defined as "your right not to be discriminated against gives you the right to force us to allow you to discriminate against others," which is what the school's defenders' argument amounts to,...
View ArticleThe Seventh Annual Ethics Alarms Awards: The Best of Ethics 2015, Part I
The Best of Ethics 2015 is going to be a bit more self-congratulatory this year, beginning with the very first category. Among other virtues, this approach has the advantage of closing the gap in...
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