Summer Reading: The Righteous Mind VI: Fairness and Moral Disgust
<b>Moral Disgust</b><br>
In his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
<b>Moral Disgust</b><br>
In his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
There is a serious controversy going on right now in Jacksonville
regarding the transparency of text messages by local
government officials concerning government business. This is an issue
where most governments have failed to keep up with technology. That's
common, of course. But from a government ethics point of view, what
is most important is how the issue is approached.<br>
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Florida, which is known for its good sunshine laws, dealt with the issue
You may not have realized it, but if you are reading this, you are
most likely WEIRD, that is, a member of a culture that is Western,
educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic. The features of WEIRDness
can be summed up in the following sentence from Jonathan Haidt's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
According to <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/mayor-gray-this-is-not-…; target="”_blank”">an
article in yesterday's Washington <i>Post</i></a>, new allegations have
been made of a "shadow campaign" by which the District of Columbia's
largest contractor (in contract dollars) supported the current mayor's 2010 campaign to
One section of Haidt's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
<b>The Ethics of Gut Reactions</b><br>
According to Jonathan Haidt's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
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In his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
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Jonathan Haidt's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/03073…; target="”_blank”"><i>The
Righteous Mind</a></i>: <i>Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and
Religion</i> (Pantheon, 2012) is a book that does not, from its
title, appear to have much value for government ethics. But Haidt's
I've written about the issue of <a href="http://www.cityethics.org/content/independence-ethics-administration-sh…; target="”_blank”">ethics
commission jurisdiction over independent agencies</a> and
authorities, which arose in recent years in such places as
Jacksonville, Louisville, and Palm Beach and Broward counties in
Florida. The issue has arisen again in Broward County, in a
Should an ethics violation be an impediment to future jobs? In
general, I don't think so, especially when the violation was handled
responsibly, that is, without a denial, cover-up, and costly,
unnecessary investigation and hearing process. But sometimes ethics
violations involve much more than the failure to deal responsibly
with a conflict.<br>
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