Philosophy
So, we've talked a lot about corporations this week. It's the 4th of July and we're about to head up to the land of Ben and Jerry's. So, who would be on the list of best American corporations and/or companies?
I nominate Dr. Bronners.
Others?
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Philosophy
Best American Corporations
So, we've talked a lot about corporations this week. It's the 4th of July and we're about to head up to the land of Ben and Jerry's. So, who would be on the list of best American corporations and/or companies?
I nominate Dr. Bronners.
Others?
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Sometimes you really wonder whether an article is satire or serious and just that bad. Jack and Suzy Welch have an op/ed in the Wall Street Journal trying to defend the position that corporations are people that is among the worst published arguments...
- Are Nobel Prizes Obsolete?
Had lunch with a colleague who is a neuro guy yesterday and one of the things we discussed was the nature of science as an enterprise. Time was that Newton or Darwin wrote a book or Einstein or Planck wrote a paper. But now, scientific articles are almost...
- Ethical/moral, Corporate Personhood, And Same-sex Muppet Nuptuals
C. Ewing asks, "Is there a difference between moral and ethical? If so, what is it? Why do we make the distinction? Should we? Is it helpful?"I've always found it odd when people say that something has "moral AND ethical ramifications" since I always...
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