{"id":152,"date":"2009-08-27T12:30:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-27T12:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayethics\/2009\/08\/what-do-you-consider-everyday-ethics.html"},"modified":"2009-08-27T12:30:25","modified_gmt":"2009-08-27T12:30:25","slug":"what-do-you-consider-everyday-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayethics\/2009\/08\/what-do-you-consider-everyday-ethics.html","title":{"rendered":"What Do You<\/i> Consider “Everyday Ethics”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today, Everyday Ethics had
\nits first major plug… if you can call it that. USA TODAY gave us a mention in their Religion blog<\/a><\/font>,
\nbut it wasn’t exactly pretty.<\/span><\/p>\n

“This is ethics as popcorn,
\ntasty and quickly forgotten.” Or maybe that I’m just jealous. It reads
\nlike the gals are having fun. Their columns not freighted with anything heavy
\nlike, oh, legal, philosophical, theological basis for their positions. Randy
\nCohen, New York Times Ethicist<\/i>, your turf is safe.” <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/p>\n

Ouch!<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, yes, we are having
\nfun. And no, we’re not Randy Cohen<\/a>, though we admire him a great deal. We’ve
\ncovered the fluff (lying on your online dating profile<\/a>, an open letter to those
\nwith bad laundry room etiquette<\/a>) and the serious (health care reform<\/a> and the
\nLockerbie bomber<\/a>). Our concerns are like yours, we hope–a little bit of the
\npetty, a little bit of the profound.<\/span><\/p>\n

What we’re most about is a ‘woman-on-the-streets’ perspective. We claim no higher knowledge, no years of
\nstudy in the legal profession or as theology students. We’re a former
\nphilosophy\/classics major and a journalism major, who now make our living(s) in
\nthe real world. What qualifies us to talk about the issues we bring up is what
\nqualifies you to read them: a keen concern, a caring heart, and a desire for
\nfair play.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, to echo our friend at USA
\nTODAY, we ask you, what do you consider “everyday” ethics? <\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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