Category Archives: Ethics

How To Spot Bad People

Posted on July 22, 2015 by Luke Ford

Comments to Steve Sailer: * Here are five biographical questions which can eliminate, IMO, 95% of bad people (based on my experience and seeing patterns): Did he or she grow up in a two-parent household? Are his or her parents … Continue reading →

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Lifeboat Ethics: the Case Against Helping the Poor

Posted on May 5, 2015 by Luke Ford

by Garrett Hardin, Psychology Today, September 1974 Environmentalists use the metaphor of the earth as a “spaceship” in trying to persuade countries, industries and people to stop wasting and polluting our natural resources. Since we all share life on this … Continue reading →

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The Jewish Laws Of Proper Speech

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Luke Ford

I’m listening to some classes on lashon hara (forbidden speech according to Torah) on YUTorah.org and I am disappointed by how ignorant they are. YUTorah.org presents Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman as an expert in this topic. Fourteen minutes into one … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened To Right And Wrong?

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Luke Ford

Elliot Resnick writes: In recent decades it has become increasingly popular in Orthodox circles to answer every question by appealing to halacha. Must I inform a cashier that she has undercharged me – what does halacha say? May I attend … Continue reading →

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Are Jews Honest In Business?

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Luke Ford

WASPs are the most honest people I’ve met, closely followed by Mormons, Germans (including German Jews), Japanese and Koreans. Chinese in China strike me as duplicitous in business. Catholics seem to be all over the place. In my life experience, … Continue reading →

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