Quizzes

In ethics lore, the philosopher who takes the prize for prizes is the 18th century French philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A frustrated musician, by 1749, J.J. was both resentful and hurt that he was not as famous as his other philosophe friends, then igniting France with the Enlightenment. It so happened that Rousseau read about an essay contest in a magazine. The sponsor was the Academy of Dijon, which today we are more likely to recognize for naming a fancy mustard. What was the question of the day? 

Dolly the cloned sheep died several years ago. Roger Clemens has not been back to Capitol Hill this year to defend his baseball records as steroid-free. But 2008 had enough ethics plays to keep the nation entertained.

The a2ethics.org quiz highlights a few of the many ethics issues that kept everyone talking in 2008. Test your ethics facts. If you get all of them correctly, please join our staff.

At a2ethics.org we are seeking a mission. After doing just a little research, we have found there are books on writing mission statements! Of course there are. Where have we been? Given that we want a mission and feel we will be left out of the "Mission Statement or Die!" advice that some people who just know have proffered, we took some time to look at some of the mission statements of companies and organizations around the Ann Arbor area. We don't think we can improve on any of them. This has created mission statement depression for us. But an ethical challenge for you!

In the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," Batman's nemesis is The Joker. Among the many jokes that he plays on the people of Gotham, the police and Batman is the wiring of two packed ferries with explosives. In one ferry are prisoners from the penitentiary, men who have been convicted of crimes and are doing time. In the other are citizens of Gotham, including the usual array of women, children, the elderly as well as men.