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Jack S. Margolis is a counterculture writer. [1] He is known for his pro-marijuana book A Child's Garden of Grass, [2] [3] which he developed into a comedy album in the 1970s with Jere Alan Brian and producer Ron Jacobs.
Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life is a 1978 book by philosopher Sissela Bok that covers the ethical issues in lying, such as intent, result, context, and circumstances. It was published by Pantheon Books .
A code of practice is adopted by a profession (or by a governmental or non-governmental organization) to regulate that profession. A code of practice may be styled as a code of professional responsibility, which will discuss difficult issues and difficult decisions that will often need to be made, and then provide a clear account of what behavior is considered "ethical" or "correct" or "right ...
Ethics was first published in 1912 as part of the Home University Library of Modern Knowledge by Williams and Norgate in the United Kingdom and Henry Holt and Company in the United States. [4] [5] It was the 52nd book in the Home University Library Series. [2] Oxford University Press reprinted Ethics after acquiring the series and issued a US ...
The Moral Problem is a 1994 book by Michael Andrew Smith, in which the author tries to provide a defense of moral realism. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is Smith’s most influential work for which he was awarded an American Philosophical Association book prize in 2001.
The Code was created in 1939 and since has been updated four times. The Code of Ethics was first amended in 1981 and then again in 1995 and 2008. The most current version was accepted by the ALA on June 29, 2021. [2] A common thread within the various Code of Ethics focuses on the significance of intellectual freedom and the dangers of ...
Thou Shalt Not, a 1940 photo by Whitey Schafer deliberately subverting some of the Code's strictures. In the 1920s, Hollywood was rocked by a number of notorious scandals, such as the murder of William Desmond Taylor and the alleged rape of Virginia Rappe by popular movie star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, which brought widespread condemnation from religious, civic and political organizations.
Bok received her B.A. and M.A. in psychology from George Washington University in 1957 and 1958, and her Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1970. She worked at Simmons University (1971–72), the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (1975–82), Brandeis University (1985–92), and the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies at the Harvard School of ...