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Next Wednesday I have a look at the way some people try to manipulate their friends to put themselves in what they think is a better position with respect to those friends.
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Next Wednesday I consider the ethical problems that arise when we think we know what someone is up to or has said--and get it wrong.
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Check out my article next Wednesday to see how racism and sexism in humor are alive and well
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An experience I had this morning reminded me of how selfish and self-centered most of us have grown. Look in next Wednesday for the whole story.
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Postings on previous articles have again prompted me to say more about lying. Look in next Wednesday.
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Looking at the recent postings on my recent article on honesty, postings about pathological or compulsive lying, made me think about an odd--and rather common--kind of lying that some people seem to do automatically. See next Wednesday's article for more on this.
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I was quite surprised at the postings and verbal feedback I got on this week's article, "Medical Multitasking," and think it necessary to say more about the point I was trying to make. Most of the responses supported doctors' present practices and especially the reliance on computers and various medical programs, and largely ignored the point about doctors' obligation to listen to their patients. Check here next Wednesday.
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Next Wednesday I have a look at how doctors don't listen anymore and tend to dispense one-size-fits-all medicine.
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Next Wednesday I have a look at how our expectations have changed about how people will behave. Sadly, we now seem to expect the worst.
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As policies often do, protection of students has backfired. Rather than preventing unfair treatment, new regulations encourage flagrant cheating.
Check in next Wednesday.
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Some people think that announcing a divorce is a little like putting out a welcome mat. Thinking so can pose real problems if the person that thinks so was close to the couple before their break-up. Next Wednesday I consider this issue.
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In next Wednesday's article I consider the often bothersome matter of wanting to complain or object to something but feeling that the complaint or objection will seem petty and not be taken seriously.
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Next Wednesday I consider how people sometimes offend others because they're trying to impress those others.
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It seems everyone's ready to pounce on sexist or racist terms. But few give much thought to their grounds and assumptions when they do so. In next Wednesday's article I consider the new tendency to police the use of language.
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Most people seem to be satisfied that something is ethical if it is good, but aren't very clear on what it is that makes something good. Check Wednesday's article here to learn more.
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Next Wednesday I want to consider just what we're doing, as a society, when we "medicalize" criminal behavior.
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Next Wednesday's article is on how something fundamental to university education is being bargained away.
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It seems more than half the time people claim something is unfair it's only because they didn't get what they wanted. Claiming unfairness is a serious matter, and it shouldn't be misused. Tune in on Wednesday for the rest...
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If you like SUVs, don't read Wednesday's article. Aside from guzzling too much gas and just taking up too much public room, I think SUVs produce bad drivers.
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I'll keep this short for reasons you can read about in my next article on Wednesday: attention spans are shrinking, and that's bad news.
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Next Wednesday's article is about contemporary conduct having to do with age, and how people are being increasingly segregated by age just when we're supposed to be discriminating less.
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Some of the writing I'm doing on multiculturalism has made it very clear that a lot of people think that everyone's opinions must be respected and, as the saying goes, "are true for them." There's some very dubious thinking behind this idea, and it needs to be looked at. Next Wednesday's article is on this issue. In the meantime, I'm rather surprised at how there've been no postings so far on my political correctness article.
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One person who posted a comment on my article on cheating was under the impression that several of my previous articles were endorsing political correctness. I think I know why the reader gor that impression, but it's not right. Check out my next article on August 2nd to see what I think about political correctness.
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Too often when we want to make someone feel good or better, we say something that makes them feel bad or worse. Just as often they don't tell us, and not many of us are sensitive enough to know what we've done. See my article for this week.
We need to be more aware that many times what we want to say to someone may not be what they want to hear.
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There was the Age of Chivalry and The Golden Age and various other Ages. Ours has been given a number of names, but I think the most appropriate is The Age of Intrusion.
We live in a time when every aspect of our lives is intruded on, often for political reasons, but now it seems most often for commercial reasons or plain, old greed.
Our software reports on us; various "point" programs track our purchases; pollsters constantly question us; and of course there's telemarketing.
One of the more immediately dangerous ways we're intruded on is on the road. Have a look at my current article on road rage.
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Ever have to listen to a friend get through dealing with a cheating partner? Ever have to deal with that situation yourself?
The question that's always bothered me is why men and women seem to differ so much on what happens when a partner cheats.
Ethical issues shouldn't divide along gender lines, but this is one that seems to. Perhaps we don't really understand what happens when we cheat. This is what I consider in
this week's article.
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Most of what we do is done in the context of what others are doing, and what we do contributes to the contexts in which others do what they do. Usually we're only dimly aware of this complex interaction. In my articles I call attention to ordinary situations in which what we do has significant moral and ethical implications.