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Ethics Quiz: “The Cabbie and the Jewelry”…Ethics or Pragmatism?
How do we know ethics had anything to do with what the New York cabbie did, returning $100,000 in lost jewelry? Was he being ethical, or was he just being pragmatic? Continue reading →
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Comment of the Day: Ethics Quiz: “The Cabbie and the Jewelry”…Ethics or...
Karl Penny puts the perfect topping on this post, about the praise being heaped on the NYC cabbie who returned $100,000 in jewels to an absent-minded fare, when he could have made a dash for the...
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Comment of the Day: “The Cabbie and the Jewelry”
Prodigal Commenter Penn re-entered the ethics fray with two anecdotes about ethics and Japanese culture in reaction to the Ethics Alarms quiz, "The Cabbie and the Jewelry." This was the second COTD to...
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No, It Still Doesn’t Justify Torture
Where torture by a nation dedicated to preservation of each human being's inalienable rights is concerned, the end never justifies the means. Even if the end is the death of Osama bin Laden. Continue...
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Comment of the Day: “Ethics Quiz: The Case of the Fake But Accurate Social...
A thoughtful take on the fake Social Security card hypothetical, and related issues. Continue reading →
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“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 →
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