Here are some links supplied by Becky W. for tomorrow’s discussion:
Here are some links supplied by Becky W. for tomorrow’s discussion:
At tomorrow’s session, we’ll circle back to a subject we’ve touched on before: ethics.
Three unrelated (?) lines of discussion in recent weeks led to this topic:
For that matter, if (as Peter S. likes to quote) ethics is “obedience to the unenforceable,” who gets to decide what is ethical and what is not? (I have my answer, but I’ll save it for tomorrow.)
With Stephen Breyer’s retirement, President Biden now has his first opportunity to appoint a Supreme Court justice. This has sparked a flurry of “news” about the perceived front-runners for the appointment, about how fast Biden should move (to avoid another Merrick Garland incident), about whether it’s appropriate to make (and fulfill) a campaign pledge to appoint a justice based on race and gender, among many other angles and considerations.
Here are some links (with PDFs available) provided by Peter S.
NYT Opinion on Affirmative Action [PDF]
(And there have been a lot of other Affirmative Action op-eds in the last week, given the Supreme Court’s decision to take up the Students for Fair Admissions cases. Supply your favorite in the comments.)
A data point re: Barack Obama: His March 2008 speech at the Constitution Center (and a bonus musical celebration of his diversity)
Maybe we’ll do “ethics” (government and business) again next week…