 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Featured Commentary
Global Warming Ethics, Part Two of Three: The Offset Illusion
There has always been something ethically unsound about carbon offsets, the favored balm of global warming enthusiasts. On one level, it appears to meet basic standards of fairness, responsibility and accountability: you make a mess, you clean it up. But that's not exactly what carbon offsets are like, is it? In many ways, the logic behind offsets resemble the discredited indulgences that led to the Reformation. In 1517, Pope Leo X offered salvation to sinners who gave alms to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Martin Luthor declared the process a travesty that showed the corruption of the Catholic Church, and the Church didn't have much of an argument, except to ban the practice shortly thereafter. The use of carbon offsets to render virtuous the pious pollution-hounds like Al Gore and John Travolta continues, however, shameless and unabated.
Global Warming Ethics: Part One of Three. Convenient Misrepresentations
The Scoreboard hesitates to announce that the debate over global warming is the most misleading and intellectually dishonest policy controversy yet, but it is certainly a strong contender. A large file documenting the deceit, logic-twisting double-talk and outright falsehoods perpetrated by both sides of the issue has grown so large and so fast that I cravenly avoided starting to discuss the issue in fear that once the Scoreboard began delving into the wretched ethics of both global warming advocates and debunkers, it would never be able to stop. But Al Gore's bizarre Nobel Prize for "An Inconvenient Truth" ("Peace?" Peace?) shows that the forces of reason and common sense are barreling out of control here, and The Scoreboard cannot justify staying on the sidelines.
iPhone Ethics
First Apple annoyed iPhone buyers who said it was unethical of the company to lower the price of the uber-phone so soon after releasing it. The customers were full of beans, ethically speaking; a company has no obligation to keep a price for any length of time if business considerations dictate a change. Now there's a thornier controversy.
|
4/29/2008
|
|
|
12/23/2007
|
Global Warming Ethics, Part Two of Three: The Offset Illusion |
|
10/25/2007
|
Global Warming Ethics: Part One of Three. Convenient Misrepresentations |
|
10/2/2007
|
|
|
8/20/2007
|
|
|
6/11/2007
|
|
|
5/12/2007
|
|
|
2/17/2007
|
Trapped by Failure of Courage and Ethics: The JetBlue Flights |
|
1/29/2007
|
|
|
1/11/2007
|
|
|
12/4/2006
|
Real Life Ethics Trilogy, Part 2: Wireless Internet Freeloading |
|
11/30/2006
|
|
|
9/9/2006
|
|
|
8/6/2006
|
|
|
7/19/2006
|
|
|
7/6/2006
|
|
|
4/19/2006
|
|
|
1/3/2006
|
|
|
12/7/2005
|
|
|
11/22/2005
|
|
|
11/19/2005
|
|
|
11/1/2005
|
|
|
6/29/2005
|
|
|
6/14/2005
|
|
|
8/3/04
|
|
|
7/27/04
|
|
|
6/21/04
|
|
|
5/23/04
|
|
|
5/8/04
|
Wonkette (May 2004 Ethics Hero) |
|
3/16/04
|
|
|
2/11/04
|
Research Censors |
|
2/11/04
|
Diet Wars |
|
|
A link to the next most recent story goes here |
E-mail: ProEthics President