The Ethics of Everyday Life

This project started as an attempt to document the ethics of everyday life. It would find the little dilemmas of every day life and analyze...

When speaking about living a moral existence, it really breaks down to a sense of obligation. How much obligation do you feel towards others...

How does one define living the moral life? Not long ago, the college hosted Big Conversations, a day to think about what's important in ...

Just now Enron executives are coming under trial. These people made millions of dollars in personal wealth while driving the stock price up ...

Academic cheating is one of those phenomena from which Olin students seem fairly isolated. When's the last time an Olin student asked ...

Cheating is a moral dilemma that faces college students regularly, but is perhaps particularly interesting in the case of Olin students. We...

Self-deception is a tricky topic. I know that I am lying to myself on a daily basis, probably dozens of times per day, but I believe these ...

Assuming not all lies are wrong, justifying becomes a dilemma. How can one justify lies, and can they all be justified away depending on poi...

Lying seems like a straightforward concept, but for my purposes, it could use a quick definition. Using a basis of philosophers running fro...

What's on your resume? I don't ask this question because I actually want to know, but to point out a pervasive habit. It's come...