blog archives – July 2009

I Do Good

In this article from Slate/My Goodness, Sandy Stonesifer answer the question: Can I turn my wedding into a charity fundraiser?... Read full article

The Pursuit of Happiness:  Are We Responsible?

The search for happiness is back. Increasingly chronicled in newspapers, blogs, books and TV, finding your bliss is finding its way once again into our conversations and our consciousness. But do we have a responsibility to be happy?... Read full article

Brave New World:  Should a Dead Man Become a Father?

A 21-year-old college student was attacked outside a bar and fell to the ground, hitting his head. He died ten days later. He had no wife, no children, and no fiancé. Should he now become a father?... Read full article

Blogging on the Brink: Time to Set Standards?

With an estimated 50 million blogs thriving or wavering on the Web, some recent headlines signal changes in the blogosphere: Blog and Beware…Blogger Jailed… Blogger Signs Off With Apology. Do bloggers need to be regulated to be responsible?... Read full article

Jail Bill: Pay To Stay?

The old saying, If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime, may be giving way to a new one: If you can’t pay for the time, don’t do the crime. Should people convicted of a crime be forced to pay the costs of their jail stay?... Read full article

Show-Stopper:  What Happens in Vegas?

From Broadway to Burbank, actors are increasingly losing their patience with rude rogue audiences who click, flash, and chomp their way through shows. But does an actor have the right to stop a live performance and chastise an audience member?... Read full article

High School Cheating:  Flunking Responsibility 101?

After some high school seniors in Ohio shared stolen tests, school authorities punished the entire class by cancelling graduation. The cheating scandal has left many people arguing over who really flunked Responsibility 101.... Read full article

Who Owns Your Genes?

Knowledge is power, but is owning it responsible? That’s one of the questions at the core of a recent federal lawsuit challenging the right of a company to patent—in effect to own—human genes.... Read full article

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