Everyday Ethics

The U.S. economy continues its unstable wavering despite the election of a potentially competent future president in Barack Obama.  The $700 billion bailout has given way to individual requests from companies like AIG, Citigroup, and GM for bailout packages of their own.  As a Toyota owner and a firm believer that the American auto industry [...]

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As economic woes reach new heights here in the United States, having a good credit rating is increasingly something to be proud of.  The importance of credit is often framed as a practical issue, one that we all reasonably ought to care about.  What I want to talk about here is the connection between appropriate [...]

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Traveling by air has rapidly transformed from a moderately affordable activity to something that most cannot typically afford.  I am currently attempting to book a trip to Roanoke, Virginia for the Virginia Tech Philosophy Conference.  After much frustration due to not finding a reasonable flight price, I opted to contact a travel agent.  Unbeknownst to [...]

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Personal confrontations are a part of life, and there is really no getting around that.  Most of us hate to confront people about issues that come up among us, and some people will avoid confrontations to the point of dysfunction.  Others are only too happy to confront people, but do so in a way that [...]

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We live in a very bizarre world where what we purchase has phenomenal moral implications, and we are often ignorant of the way in which what we buy affects the moral universe. The Enron scandal of a few years ago and the current outrage over Exxon’s continuously rising profits indicate that we do hold [...]

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