Category Archives: Ethics

A Yom Kippur Meditation

Posted on September 26, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

I realize a fair number of my readers aren’t religious, but I think the sentiment behind the following, read in every synagogue today, is pretty universal: To be sure, they seek Me daily, Eager to learn My ways. Like a … Continue reading →

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We Are All Just Assholes With Blogs

Posted on August 26, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

Actually, that’s not fair: there are some people who are bona fide experts in certain areas. But most of us, regarding most subjects, are just assholes with blogs, whether that blog be electronic or made from dead plants. And someone … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong With a Welfare Nation?

Posted on January 31, 2012 by mikethemadbiologist

At The Atlantic, a post by Alex Tabarrok, “The Innovation Nation vs. the Warfare-Welfare State“, has been making its way around the bloggysphere, in part due to the big shout out to science, as embodied by this figure: Tabarrok: We … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Ethics, Funding, Healthcare, Public Health, Social Security | 2 Comments

A Pre-Yom Kippur Meditation

Posted on October 7, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Yom Kippur, the Jewish day of atonement, begins tonight. If you’re fasting, have a safe and easy fast. Tomorrow, in every synagogue around the world, this will be read, as it is every year, about the nature of a true … Continue reading →

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Nice Bond Rating You Have There, It Would Be a Shame If Something Happened to It: S&P Innoculates Itself Against Fraud Charges

Posted on August 8, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Bullying the SEC and defrauding the states. Just another day’s work.
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Posted in Bidness, Big Shitpile, Ethics, The Rule of Law | 26 Comments

Devil Take the Hindmost As Public Policy: What Deficit Reduction Really Looks Like

Posted on July 7, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Budget cuts always hit the neediest first and hardest. Besides, they’re just crazy people.
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Posted in Basic Human Decency, Ethics, Public Health | 5 Comments

CEO Pay and the Moral Decline of Economic Elites

Posted on June 21, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

We are ruled by greedy sociopaths.
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Sunday Sermon: The Canard of Insolvency and the Bankruptcy of Leadership

Posted on June 19, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

“Leadership is about knowing where to use the power that comes with the currency monopoly to advance the welfare of the nation.”
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Posted in Economics, Ethics | 15 Comments

Peer Review Is an Awful System, but It’s Better Than All of the Other Awful Systems: The McKinsey ACA Report Edition

Posted on June 12, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

There are all sorts of problems with federally-funded research and peer review. But the McKinsey scandal should put things in proper perspective.
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More on IKEA: Mistaking What Is Legal with What Is Ethical

Posted on April 24, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

IKEA’s behavior is legal, but not ethical.
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