ethics

Full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/3629329.stm Summary: Witness comes forward with info on gangland murder suspect on condition of anonimity. Police pass his details to suspects solicitor. CS gas attack, knife attack, petrol bombs etc. Witness moved and given new...

Democrats and Republicans agree not to file ethics charges ever again Guardian Unlimited The Hatter said, "do you see how well the new system is working? No one has done anything unethical since we stopped the committee from working." "No," cried Alice, "no investigations does not mean no...

Just a personal question of mine: Is it more desirable to please everyone, or to be correct? Choose wisely...

I've recently read praise for John Stossel's 20/20 segment on debunking homeopathy, some going as far as saying he should be invited to the next Amazing Meeting. I imagine I would agree with his conclusions on that subject, but I hate hearing HIM as the debunker. When taken with his other less...

What are peoples opinions about posting on boards like Hpathy as a sceptic? I can understand a homeopaths point of view that all we do is disrupt. Is this a valid argument or do we have a right to put forward alternative points of view ? This is not a post about homeopathy but rather the issues...

Due out in March from Harvard University Press is a new book by Hilary Putnam, Ethics without Ontology. From the description of this forthcoming book: ~~ Paul

Should the government (Or ruling body) make decisions based on what would make the largest number of people content (Avoiding sadness) or based on what would cause the most joy (Making people happy). Anyone who makes decisions for a living knows that there is a huge difference between these...

While discussing people's attitude towards enterprises that their owners advertise their religious beliefs in a thread started by Tricky here , a very interesting topic came on the surface that we agreed that deserves a thread of its own: the relation between Religious beliefs and Medical...

I thought I'd have a bit of fun and pose an Ethical scenario. Question 1: Is the right to life so fundamental, that price should not be a factor in preserving it? Seriously, who can put a price on life. No one would say with enough money, you could buy a human's life, right? Question 2...

So say someone(Some Poster) starts a thread about morals. Perhaps a thread about morals on a very touchy subject, like child molestation(not the topic). This person (SP) then engages in a major name calling debate with some of the people who post to the thread. Some people on the thread agree...

I have a dilema In my town there is the 'agency' which provides a very valuable service in my town. It is the net that catches everybody who falls through the cracks in the social services. They provide housing to people who otherwise might be homeless. Get straned in twon, you can go there...

Someone I know once took a photo of someone without thier permission, and in fact this was against thier stated wishes. This is unethical right? I think so. What if I tell you that the person is a very famous anthropologist, it was in 1967, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The person who did not...

I was reading an article written by Larry Niven, one of my favorite Science Fiction writers. He listed several of his own "laws" - observations about life and the universe. Some of them are very witty and IMHO true such as "Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun." and "Any damn fool...

The justification of the war with Iraq has puzzeled me. When the anti-war people say that innocent lives are lost because of the US led attacks, the pro-war people are quick to say that more people would have been lost without them. Let's assume that's true... Does that make the war...