morality

April 08, 2014

Radio Free Acton: A Catechism for Business

What is the end – the goal – of business anyway? Is it to merely maximize a profit or to do good, or some balance between the two? And what exactly does it mean for a business to “do good”? Continue Reading...

March 26, 2014

No Cigarettes For You, No Birth Control For Me?

The CVS chain made an announcement a few weeks ago: they would no longer sell tobacco products at their stores. CVS President and CEO Larry Merlo said: As the delivery of health care evolves with an emphasis on better health outcomes, reducing chronic disease and controlling costs, CVS Caremark is playing an expanded role through our 26,000 pharmacists and nurse practitioners. Continue Reading...

March 06, 2014

Welcome To Paradise: Taking A Look At Legalized Prostitution

It’s the oldest profession, right? It’s worldwide, and attempts to criminalize it don’t seem to work. Does legalizing prostitution solve any problems? That’s the question Nisha Lilia Diu of The Telegraph set out to answer. Continue Reading...

February 14, 2014

Admiral Stockdale on the Moral Requirement for Leadership

Earlier this week I reviewed Defiant, the riveting new book by Alvin Townley. Admiral James B. Stockdale (1923-2005) is a principal figure in Townley’s account about POWs in North Vietnam. Stockdale’s famous to many for being Ross Perot’s vice-presidential running mate in 1992. Continue Reading...

December 10, 2013

Soccer, Swindling And Sex Trafficking: 10 Things To Know

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association is holding the World Cup in Brazil, June 2014. Six men have been arrested for fixing Premier League soccer matches. Earlier this month, two British men were arrested for fixing Australian soccer matches. Continue Reading...

November 04, 2013

Jonathan Haidt: Why Good People are Divided by Politics (and Religion)

Two weeks ago I attended a lecture at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) by Jonathan Haidt, author, among many other books and articles, of the book The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion. Continue Reading...

September 18, 2013

Why the Anti-Gun Movement is Ineffective and Failing

Whenever there is a mass shooting, inevitably there is a rush by public officials, celebrities, and media talking heads to demand further restrictions on gun ownership. Truthfully, both sides of the firearm debate are guilty of politicizing these tragedies, as people race to media outlets to declare that their side played no role or responsibility for the action of the assailant. Continue Reading...

September 11, 2013

The End of Anthony Weiner’s Sad and Pathetic Lust for Political Power?

Anthony Weiner did not win the Democratic Party primary for New York City last night. Leading in the polls at one time, he ended up with 5 percent of the vote. Continue Reading...

August 22, 2013

India Is To Surrogacy As Detroit Was To Cars

That’s the conclusion Wesley J. Smith, J.D., Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, has come to. The surrogacy business in India is booming. While statistics are hard to come by, according to one estimate, . Continue Reading...

August 06, 2013

Lord Acton and America’s Moral Absolutes Concerning Liberty

Lord Acton once said of the American revolution: “No people was so free as the insurgents, no government less oppressive than the government which they overthrew.” It was America’s high view of liberty and its ideas that cultivated this unprecedented freedom ripe for flourishing. Continue Reading...

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