Category Archives: Ethics
Fuzzy Personal Feelings and Institutional Rules
Is it unethical to submit the same paper for credit in two separate, unrelated college courses, without either instructor being aware that you were doing so? This June 2, 2013, inquiry to the New York Times “Ethicist,” Chuck Klosterman, received an interesting reply. At first, The Ethicist thought it was unethical because every teacher operates […]
Now What ?
I have been struggling for the past couple of weeks with what to say about the tragic building collapse in Bangladesh. How do we wrap our minds around the deaths of 1100 people making $40 a month so we Americans can have cheaper sweat pants? What does morality have to say to a consumer society […]
What About Moral Courage ?
When former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords recently received the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award, she said, “We all have courage inside. I wish there was more courage in Congress.” The behavior of the members of Congress in the past several years has reached a new low on a variety of fronts, including a […]