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  • Is going to war and killing humans ethical? Contributed by DH. To comment on this dilemma, leave a response.  For anonymity, omit your email [...]

    Ethics of war

    March 30, 2011
  • Several publications rank MBA programs and, as part of the ranking, ask MBA students to respond to a student satisfaction survey. Students are [...]

    Manipulate the school ranking?

    March 28, 2011
  • Suppose you are at a restaurant and order your food, but no drink. However, you ask for a cup for water. When you go to the soda machine to get [...]

    Switching water and soda

    February 20, 2011
  • The famous philosopher René Descartes advocated the vivisection of animals (dissection while the animal is alive) and practiced it himself.  He [...]

    Descartes and animal suffering

    January 11, 2011
  • Doctor D operates an organ transplant shop.  Four of his current patients require a heart, kidney, lung, and stomach, which cannot be obtained [...]

    Murder for organs

    January 8, 2011
  • Zjamel’s boyfriend Bernard seems to be spending more time with Ethel than with her.  Finally, Zjamel asks the question: “Are you [...]

    Lying about an affair

    January 7, 2011
  • Sam’s live-in partner Leslie has a taste for expensive gadgets, such as a toaster that burns today’s weather report on each slice [...]

    Hiding the mail

    January 6, 2011
  • You buy a computer online, selecting an option to pay by mailing a check.  However, you forget to send the check.  When the computer arrives, [...]

    The internet bargain

    January 4, 2011
  • The Stanford Prison Experiment, conducted in 1971 by psychologist Philip Zimbardo, placed college students in make-believe roles of prisoner and [...]

    Stanford Prison Experiment

    January 3, 2011
  • The battleship Northern Spirit is torpedoed, and its crew launch the few lifeboats that remained undamaged.  The captain is aboard of the  [...]

    Lifeboat ethics

    January 2, 2011

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