Countries ranked in five areas of moral freedom: Category A. Religious indicators. How free is the practice of any religion or none, and how religious-controlled is the state. Category B. Bioethical indicators. How free is individual decision making on matters posing bioethical questions. Category C. Drugs indicators. How free is the production, trade and consumption […]
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Even making allowances for politicians’ blabbermouthing … … this is inane and the opposite of morality. * I earn $100 for myself. But earning $100 for my employer is more important? And infinitely so? * I do a good job mowing my lawn. But mowing my neighbor’s lawn is more important? * I successfully find
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* An angry atheist shows up at a Catholic hospital needing treatment. * A sexist says he prefers not to have a woman doctor. * A surgeon realizes that his patient is a suspected pedophile. Medical ethics for professionals: Does one treat even blasphemers, misogynists, and perverts to the best of one’s abilities? And the
Should racists get medical care? Read More »
Read this WSJ article reporting on Attorney-General Bob Barr’s speech at the University of Notre Dame, and then ask: Are these the premises shared by both left and right? 1. People need morality. 2. Morality can come only from either Church or State. The current right then argues that the government’s doing a bad job,
Either God or the State?? Read More »
A new episode of my podcast series, produced by Possibly Correct out of Toronto. Audio: iTunes Stitcher YouTube Topics and times: The decline of slavery as a moral achievement // History: Slavery practiced everywhere before modernity // The internal African slave society and trades // The Atlantic trade and where the slaves went // Early
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Three data points: 1. The 1973 Roe v. Wade case was decided 7-2 by an all-male court. 2. A 2018 Gallup poll showed statistically small-to-trivial differences between men and women’s beliefs about whether abortion should be legal in all cases, illegal in all cases, or legal/illegal in some cases. 3. A 2018 Pew survey also
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I’m happy to announce a new edition of my “Ayn Rand and Business Ethics” has been published. Thanks to the team at The Atlas Society for producing it. The essay was originally published in The Journal of Accounting, Ethics & Public Policy and has since been translated into Korean, German, Serbo-Croatian, and Portuguese. Abstract: Most
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Note the similarity: * The born-entitled-snob mentality says: My daddy’s a zillionaire, so I am special and you are dirt. * The resentful-anti-privilege mentality says: Your daddy’s a zillionaire, so you are repulsive and I hate you. The same premise is at work in both mentalities: One’s status is determined by one’s daddy’s money. Both
Snobs and “privilege” — a quick comparison Read More »