Is There Anything More Unethical Than An Undeserved Nobel Peace Prize?

Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 10:30 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Ethics Blogger Padmini Mangunta poses the question: Is it right that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize so early into a tumultuous presidency?

politics, nobel-prize, president-obama, president-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize

Save The Boobs: PSA Or TMI?

Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:18 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Do shock PSA's work, or just make you smirk? Weigh in!

health, breast-cancer, psa

Polanski Arrested En Route To Zurich Film Festival: Belated Justice?

Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 10:34 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Was Polanski's arrest justice, or over-zealous prosecution of a tortured artist? The Everyday Ethics bloggers weigh in on the news of Polanski's capture in Zurich. What's your take?

justice, world-news, roman-polanski-arrest, samantha-geimer

Pedicures: Why Do They Make Me Uneasy?

Seeded on Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:58 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

The author agonizes in a paroxysm of white liberal guilt over whether getting pedicures from low-income nail salon workers makes her unethical or a good consumer. Read the article and weight in: Does this kind of grooming ritual make YOU feel morally queasy?

fashion, grooming, beauty, pedicure, nail-salon

Annie Le's Murder: Just A Case Of Workplace Violence? Really?

Seeded on Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:13 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Are any of YOUR coworkers so volatile you think they might just smother you and stuff you in a wall??? Surely, we're not all THAT close to snapping, right?

us-news, workplace-violence, annie-le, yale-grad-student-murder

Kanye West, Serena Williams, Joe "You lie" Wilson: A Trifecta of Public Figure Tantrums

Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:34 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

What do you-all think, folks? Are we all just a bunch of hopeless rabble, or can we regain our respect for one another? And if so, how? (Beliefnet's got some new features on teaching kids respect, by the way, if you want to check them out.

joe-wilson, kanye-west, us-news, serena-williams, respect, civility, taylor-swift

If Obama Calls Kanye A Jackass Off The Record, Does It Make A Sound?

Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 11:19 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Question: is President Obama also now to be lumped among the uncivil cretins at whom we wag shocked moral fingers? Or, was his comment, whether you agree with it or not, acceptable because it was never meant to enter the public discourse?

politics, civility, president-obama, obama-kanye-west, obama-calls-kanye-a-jackass

Friends And Money: An Uneasy Mix

Seeded on Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:50 AM EDT (Http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

What do you do when a friend owes you money? How do you handle the resentments if they don't pay you back?

borrowing, lending, friendship, relationships, financial-ethics

Is pessimism a moral issue?

Seeded on Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:28 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

In an article about a mother with a tough cancer diagnosis and a daughter who tends to pessimism, the author asks: is optimism a more ethical attitude to adopt? Does it help us to live in ways that make us better people, people who contribute more to the world, who don't give up? …

cancer, health, pessimism, optimism, character

"You Lie!" No, YOU Shame Your Country, Joe Wilson.

Seeded on Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:18 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Is it treason? Well, probably not. But it sure as hell seems like a funny way to show patriotism. The gals at Everyday Ethics are talking about Joe Wilson's unfortunate political Tourette's. Check it out.

congress, politics, joe-wilson, health-care-reform, obama-you-lie

Is It Our Civic Duty To Watch President Obama's Health Care Speech To Congress?

Seeded on Wed Sep 9, 2009 9:25 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Civics lesson 101: Is the price of admission to the health care reform debate an hour of our primetime television-watching time? In other words, if we want to be part of the discussion on health reform, does it behoove us to pay attention to the president's speech tonight?

politics, civics, obamas-health-care-speech-to-congress

Will You Still Eat Eggs? A Vegetarian Responds

Seeded on Tue Sep 8, 2009 11:19 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

I was tired of my own meat-centric perspective on the egg issue which exploded after the male-chick expose came to light, showing how they were tossed alive into grinders.

health, eggs, food-industry, vegan, vegetarian, food-ethics, pescetarian

People of Wal-Mart: Watch Your Backs

Seeded on Sat Sep 5, 2009 9:48 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Someone is snickering at Walmart customers. But is it all in fun, or is it beyond-the-pale mean-spirited? With sites like peopleofwalmart.com going viral, what's funny, and what's simply cruel?

odd-news, humor, walmart, internet-ethics, people-of-walmart

Grist For The Mill: Knowing Male Chicks Are Tossed Alive Into Grinders, Will You Still Eat Eggs?

Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:39 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

This is one time when I see an ethical issue as a question of absolutes: Do you eat meat? Yes? Then deal with the realities. Meat is murder, if only of a lower life form. You kill to eat. Don't pretty it up for yourself.

health, eggs, chickens, vegan, vegetarian, animal-cruelty, hatcheries

Is Chivalry Dead? And If So, Are We Glad?

Seeded on Thu Sep 3, 2009 9:12 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

At the risk of reigniting the mommy wars (and I shudder at the very prospect), I'd like to ask: What do you think: Do "preggos" automatically deserve first crack at a seat?

nyc-subway, odd-news, manners, etiquette, chivalry, courtesy, pregnant-women

Do We Need To Be Shocked (Or Grossed) Out Of Our Sugar Habit?

Seeded on Tue Sep 1, 2009 2:33 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

NYC's new anti-sugary soda campaign aims to gross us out of our syrupy beverage habit with some highly graphic imagery, including cups full of veiny, gloppy human fat. My question is, do we really need this kind of over-the-top scare-tactics when it comes to our health?

health, obesity, sugar, soda, psa

Jaycee Lee Dugard: Should We Be Nosier Neighbors?

Seeded on Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:42 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Police are now admitting they could have done more--indeed, in 2006 they missed an opportunity to rescue her from her captor, Phillip Garrido. But let's leave aside the failings of the police.

kidnapping, us-news, civic-duty, jaycee-lee-dugard, phillip-garrido, nosy-neighbors

What Does Cat Puke Have to Do With Morality? More Than You'd Think...

Seeded on Fri Aug 28, 2009 12:06 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

This author links ethics to animal vomit... in a rather thoughtful way.

ethics, odd-news, morality, cat-puke

Can You Sue For Anorexia? Apparently, Yes. But Should You?

Seeded on Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:46 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Title IX is being interpreted (some say stretched) in a whole new way - this woman's using it to sue a Pittsburgh school district over her daughter's anorexia, which developed after boys at school bullied her about her weight. Does she have a case?

education, title-ix, anorexia, legal-ethics

What-If Wednesday: Would You Forgive a Cheating Spouse?

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 5:29 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

Way to get creative revenge, lady! I'm not sure this plan would *quite* work for me...

odd-news, cheating, relationships, what-if-scenario

Remembering Ted Kennedy--Are We Doing It Right?

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:00 PM EDT (Http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

I must say, there's a great deal of mawkishness going on over Kennedy that reflects a greater attitude of glossing over reality that seems to occur when we remember those who've passed. The very word "eulogy" comes from the Greek roots for "eu" (good) + "logos" (word).

death, politics, mourning, ted-kennedy, eulogy, ted-kennedys-death

How To Say "I Quit"--And How NOT To

Seeded on Tue Aug 25, 2009 1:35 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

It's not always easy to quit a job ethically. But there are a lot of great reasons to put in the effort to part amicably. Here are some tips on how to leave a job - and how NOT to.

business, business-ethics, work-ethics, quitting-a-job

Enjoying Chores Is Possible. Who Knew?

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:00 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

It only took me 35 years, but I finally found a way not to hate doing my chores.

home, family, chores, responsibility, home-garden, maturity

Caster Semenya: Should We Take "Her" Word For It?

Seeded on Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:22 PM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

If Caster Semenya is found to be intersexed, should she be banned from competition as a woman? Everyone seems to think the answer is a given - naturally, yes, she must be banned. I say, let's give it a couple minutes of examination before we rush to a conclusion.

sports, intersex, sportsmanship, caster-semenya, caster-semenya-gender

I Ratted Out Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem To A Paparazzi

Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 10:43 AM EDT (http://blog.beliefnet.com/everydayethics/)

I'm a bad person. I totally made an ethical faux pas and blabbed about my celeb sighting to someone who turned out to be a stringer for the tabloids.... My bad.

entertainment, penelope-cruz, paparazzi, javier-bardem, celebrity-sightings

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