Ethically Yours

Military and Medical Ethics, Broadly Construed

Archive for August, 2010

Nazi Heroes?

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Hollywood: Valkyrie   “Hero” is not an adjective often used to describe anyone who is formally a Nazi. After all, who familiar with the horrors perpetuated during WWII by Nazi officials would label them heroic?  Highlighting these horrors are genocide (attempting to eliminate various peoples to include anyone with “non-Aryan” blood), perverting professional institutions such [...]

Just War, Part 2

Friday, August 20th, 2010

More quotes  and thoughts from the fourth edition of Michael Walzer’s Just and Unjust Wars. Walzer says It is true, however, that we often lack the courage of our judgments. Following James Rest’s work in moral psychology, the psychological aspects of moral action generally follow the sequence:  (1) recognition of a moral event, (2) evaluation [...]

Visit LA

Friday, August 13th, 2010

It is hard to not love a life in California.  Except for the general expensive nature of living here, it really is a great place to work and play.  If you need to recharge or relax from a hectic work schedule or life in general, it’s a great place to visit. Visitor’s Guide Outdoor Recreation [...]