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  1. Moral Clarity I - Reason and Ideals

    Body:  I recently read Susan Neiman’s book Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton, 2008) ... blog posts on some valuable ideas raised by this excellent book. This is the first. Neiman is a devotee of Immanuel Kant , the ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  2. Total Gift Bans and Legal Defense Funds

    ... more on legal defense funds, see: the section in my book Local Government Ethics Programs my blog post Local ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  3. Moral Clarity II - Intentions

    ... a series of blog posts inspired by reading Susan Neiman’s book Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton, 2008). ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Book Reviews ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  4. Winter Reading: Switch IV - Ethics Reform

    ... Why Scandals Lead to Poor Ethics Reform In their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Crown, 2010), ... Dan Heath note that John Kotter and Dan Cohen argue in their book The Heart of Change that the sequence of change is ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  5. The Lucifer Effect IV — Miscellaneous Observations

    ... Body:  This fourth blog post on Philip Zimbardo's book The Lucifer Effect is a miscellany of various ideas in the book that have relevance to local government ethics. An Ethics ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  6. Ethical Decision-Making

    Body:  A chapter in Jonah Lehrer's new book, How We Decide , sheds some interesting light on ethical decision-making. The book shares the latest discoveries neuroscientists have made using hightech ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Book Reviews ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  7. Winter Reading: Switch VII - Self-Evaluation and Identity

    ... of the facts," according to the Chip and Dan Heath in their book Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (Crown, 2010). ... One of the many case studies the Heaths provide in their book involves getting employees to file expense reports on time. This case ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  8. Nonviolence and Government Ethics IV – Moral Courage

    gandhi.jpg Body:  In his book The Search for a Nonviolent Future , Michael N. Nagler wrote, "Anyone ... it is the action part that is most important. In his book Moral Courage , Rushworth Kidder defined moral courage as "a commitment ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  9. Moral Clarity VII - Confidential Information

    ... a series of blog posts inspired by reading Susan Neiman’s book Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton, 2008). ... Robert Wechsler's blog Story Topics:  Book Reviews Confidential Information ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  10. Moral Clarity III - Ethics Environments

    ... in a series of blog posts inspired by reading Susan Neiman's book Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists (Princeton, 2008). ... equally horrifying. Zimbardo shows in his recent book, The Lucifer Effect , that there are many other indications, both ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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