Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Since its founding in 1802, West Point has upheld the Honor Code, requiring cadets to live by one of the simplest yet most demanding principles in military ethics: “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
When I asked my father why something I did was so wrong, he said: “Once you compromise, the whole thing will break down.”
Merrick Garland blamed the collapsing confidence in the Department of Justice on its critics, demonstrating that he is unfit to be the Attorney General.
We know what ethical legal behavior looks like. And yet Alvin Bragg and Juan Merchan violated their oaths, the Constitution, and New York ethical standards with complete impunity. The system created to regulate their behavior failed – not from a lack of oversight – but from a lack of accountability.
Ethics is described as a followed-belief of moral standards or values where moral is defined as recognizing the distinction between right and wrong and acting thereupon
The prevailing idea that our generation is inherently more morally advanced than those that came before us is a comforting, yet false, narrative.
In the age of rapid technological advancement, the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and human intellect has become a subject of increasing fascination.
Ethics, Morality, and Virtue: Relative vs. Absolute Meaning Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.” Genesis 11:4 “Then the queen began to lament and to weep, …
Not every question is asked in order to get an answer. In the scene I described in my last article, the Roman ruler asks this question not in order to better understand the Truth, but rather to mock the very idea of Truth. Think of it along the lines of your significant other asking, “What …
Is the ethical politician an endangered species? Given today’s headlines, they appear to be almost extinct.
Choice, The Best and Worst Gift? Choice – at its most basic, life is really about choice, choices. Having a choice sounds great, right?
We generally think of Athens as the birthplace of modern democracy. It was in fact, far more directly democratic than the United States is today. Individual citizens were given the power to vote on individual issues, not just for political leaders. And politically ambitious citizens, who were not aristocracy, sometimes made it to high-ranking positions. To be clear, only free …