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The Unjust and Incomprehensible Firing of Melissa Nelson
A dental assistant is fired because she makes her boss horny, and the Iowa Supremes say it has nothing to do with her gender. Continue reading →
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Are Gentlemen Sexist?
On the flip side of the hit post about Emily Heist Moss’s open letter to her harassers, we have the B-side (I know this metaphor marks me as a fogy ): my objections to a New York Times essay by …...
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Fire Deandre Poole
There are a wide variety of offenses that ought to lead to a college professor’s dismissal. Incompetence, for example. Our young minds should not be shaped by fools. A university should not tolerate...
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Roland Martin and the Tragedy of Racism
Other than eliminating affirmative action as a first step, I have no idea how to address the reasons for Roland Martin's plight, but I know this: in cases where there is doubt regarding the cause of a...
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The Florist, The Gay Wedding And The Slippery, Slippery Slope
The Battle of Arlene's: I come down here on the side of the gay couple and Washington State, but I'm not thrilled about it. Continue reading →
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If We Could Trust The Government To Take Care Of Us, There Wouldn’t Be...
If lawmakers were trustworthy, the kinds of laws that punished Lakisha Briggs because her ex-boyfriend stabbed her in the neck would never get passed in the first place. Continue reading →
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Ethics Quiz: Mayor Bloomberg’s Pizza Petard
From the Daily Currant, a Golden Rule lesson: if it makes you so angry, Mayor, why do you think it's okay to do the same thing to everyone else? Continue reading →
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Law, Ethics and Gender: California’s “Bathroom Bill”
There are some problems that either ethics must solve, or there will be no solution. This might be one of them. Continue reading →
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Ethics Quote of the Week: Chelsea Bacon
A bold and though-provoking piece about whether anything goes in comedy, and whether it should. Continue reading →
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Supreme Court Justice Powell’s Ethical Dilemmas
It's so much less complicated, not to mention right, to regard and treat gays like citizens and human beings, like everyone else. Continue reading →
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Blaming God For An Unfair Decision
For all the benefits and wisdom a conservative approach to public policy can add to society's progress, conservatives will always erode their credibility and trustworthiness by a tendency to stubbornly...
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“Lookism” And The Plight of the Borgata Babes
If you are hired to be a babe, you better stay a babe. Continue reading →
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Sorry: I Would Fire Don/Dawn Ennis
I am taking bets on how long it takes for Ennis to turn his story into a book and a movie deal. Continue reading →
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Unethical Website Of The Month: Minnesota For Marriage
Surprise: Trying to make it harder for same sex couples to have a nice wedding cake isn't a religious act, it's a mean, vindictive, bigoted and illegal one. Continue reading →
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Ethical Quote Of The Month: Justice Richard Bossun of The New Mexico Supreme...
From an ethics perspective, Justice Bossuns's words on the duties of citizenship need no enhancement. Continue reading →
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The Klan’s Birthday Cake, Individual Boycotts And The Ethics Of Refusing to...
I have consistently come down on the side of the rejected customer, even when the service, as in the case of bakeries and photography salons, edges perilously close to art. I think I am there still,...
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Ethics Dunce: “Saturday Night Live” Cast Member Jay Pharoah
We can argue about the general principle of affirmative action at another time and place, but applying them to entertainment, sports or any field that must be a pure meritocracy is irresponsible and...
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Unethical Magazine Cover Of The Year: Time (As Henry Luce Spins In His Grave)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is fat, get it? Thanks, Time, for pointing that out. Now go away. Forever. You're an embarrassment. Continue reading →
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Unethical Excuses From All Over: Time Magazine, Richard Cohen, and Toronto
Caught red-handed in unethical conduct, the right, honest, courageous and yes, practical thing to do is to admit wrongdoing, eschew excuses, acknowledge fault, express contrition, and resolve not to...
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Ethics Quote Of The Month: Dr. Jonathan Gruber
The statement defines the unique progressive definition of "fairness," by its repeated use of lottery imagery to describe the fact that some people, through no fault of their own, have fewer advantages...
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