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Lockerbie Bomber Freed: Is Showing Compassion Ethical?
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Padmini Mangunta
Compassion and ethics. Can they co-exist? I say yes, though certainly not in every situation. Take this one, for example: Today, Scottish authorities released Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, the convicted Libyan “Lockerbie bomber” on compassionate grounds. Al-Megrahi was sentenced in 2001 for his part in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 on Dec. 21, 1988,…
Barney Frank Town Hall Video: Was His Response Appropriate or Unethical?
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hfields
I have to admit, I got quite an ethically-challenged guffaw out of Barney Frank’s comments to the woman who compared President Obama’s healthcare plans to a ‘Nazi policy’. Take a look at the video and see for yourself: I don’t mind that he called her thoughts ‘vile, contemptible nonsense,’ or that he wondered aloud…
Google Forced to Reveal Blogger’s Identity After “Skank” Comment Riles Model: Ethical Or Anti-Freedom Of Speech?
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hfields
Liskula Cohen, a NY model whose face has graced the cover of Vogue, among other mags, didn’t appreciate being called a “skank” – and worse – by an anonymous blogger on the website “Skanks In NYC” (since defunct). So she went to court and sued Google, which hosted the blog, to force them to reveal…
Woman Pregnant With 12 Babies: Outrageous Or Awesome?
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hfields
Never mind the stretch marks; what on earth is this woman thinking? If the UK’s Sun can be believed, a Tunisian woman is vowing to carry all twelve fetuses to term after having several heartbreaking miscarriages in the past. Honestly, in my opinion this would-be “Dodecamom” doesn’t sound insane – per se. Rather, she sounds…
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