Is the Golden Rule Really Golden?

The main cornerpoint of Christian ethics is the golden rule: "treat others the way you would like to be treated." The problem is, this rule is not as golden as it appears at the first glance. Different people are different, and they want to be treated in different ways....

Chris Hitchens, atheists and fighter for freethought, has died

Christopher Hitchens died yesterday, December 15. Mr. Hitchens had battled cancer for quite a while. He was an atheist and a supporter of reason and humanity over dogma and superstition. He was an excellent writer and debater. His book, God is not Great, I found a...

Does Ethics Of Business Students Predict Business Ethics?

How The Ethics Of Undergraduate Students May Reveal Cause Of Growing Corporate Corruption  I recently wrote on Utilitarian model of decision making and when it was examined in detail what was revealed were serious ethical flaws.  To day's article focuses on...

From Madoff to Murdoch to Greece: Whatever Happened to Ethics?

"When work is a pleasure, life is a joy! When work is a duty, life is slavery."Maxim Gorky (1868-1936), Russian novelist, author, and playright The former head of the biggest stock exchange in the world swindles his clients. The editors and journalists of Britain's largest...

Affiliation and Morality

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" The Anglo-Saxon members of the motley "Coalition of the Willing" were proud of their aircraft's and missiles' "surgical" precision. The legal (and moral) imperative to spare the lives of innocent...

Euthanasia and the Right to Die

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited"I. Definitions of Types of EuthanasiaEuthanasia, whether in a medical setting (hospital, clinic, hospice) or not (at home) is often erroneously described as "mercy killing". Most forms of euthanasia are,...

Workaholism, Leisure and Pleasure

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In his book, "A Farewell to Alms" (Princeton University Press, 2007), Gregory Clark, an economic historian at the University of California, Davis, suggests that downward social mobility in England caused...

Social Values and the Health System

By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" There are as many health systems and models as there are countries. This is because healthcare is a public good and, thus, reflects the social and cultural values of the societies that design and adopt...