Articles written by C. G. Prado

Too many people jeopardize good relationships by assuming they know what their partners want to hear.

Dec 29, 2006 - C. G. Prado

A lot of us jump to conclusions when we half-overhear something or see only part of what someone's doing, and make it worse by relating our mistaken conclusions to others

Dec 27, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Many people seem to need to control their friendships, and they often try to do it in a way that jeopardizes what they're trying to control.

Dec 27, 2006 - C. G. Prado

I think there's a growing trend to look out for oneself and to ignore the interests of others.

Dec 13, 2006 - C. G. Prado

As I argued last week, we're allowing the practice of medicine to deteriorate.

Nov 22, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Doctors are listening less and generalizing more.

Nov 11, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Too many students now feel they have no moral obligation to be honest regarding their work.

Oct 31, 2006 - C. G. Prado

People seem more and more willing to let small mistakes go as if they don't matter. But they do matter and need to be corrected.

Oct 18, 2006 - C. G. Prado

People often try to present themselves as something they're not, and irritate or offend others in the process.

Oct 10, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Too many of us try to be ethical without thinking enough about what it is that makes an act ethically right--or ethically wrong.

Sep 27, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Media coverage of events like the recent Montreal shootings always paint two pictures of perpetrators: cold-blooded killers and victims of circumstance.

Sep 16, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Students, with help from their universities, are perverting the whole idea of grades as marks of achievement.

Sep 13, 2006 - C. G. Prado

SUVs are gas-guzzlers and block other drivers' view and generally irritate a lot of people, but they also raise ethical questions.

Aug 30, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Our practices are reducing what enables us to understand others and the world around us.

Aug 23, 2006 - C. G. Prado

We go along too readily with marketers that try to sell us stuff by categorizing us in age-groups.

Aug 14, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Saying "In my opinion" is now like saying "That's how it is!"

Aug 9, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Supposedly, if we change how we talk for the better, we'll change how we think for the better.

Jul 31, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Sometimes we inadvertently hurt those we want most to console.

Jul 19, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Cheating on a partner really isn't about sex.

Jul 4, 2006 - C. G. Prado

What could be ethically wrong about asking someone how they feel?

Jun 28, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Men and women see flirting differently, and that can have bad ethical consequences.

Jun 7, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Too often we don't listen or don't read. That poses an ethical problem for human interaction.

May 30, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Automated telephone answering isn't just a nuisance. It poses an ethical issue.

May 25, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Cell-phones cheapen talk, but there's a more dangerous effect of constant chatter.

May 18, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Virtual Affairs, on-going contact with someone you've never met in real life, are growing in popularity. They seem innocent enough; they're not.

May 10, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Juggling face-to-face and electronic conversations rarely results in better communication, and in doing it, we break an implicit promise.

May 9, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Too many people claim real and imagined entitlement to all sorts of things without giving a thought to corresponding obligations.

Apr 26, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Have we a multicultural society? We can't have one if we only tolerate others' values and practices.

Apr 5, 2006 - C. G. Prado

There has come to be a difference in how the terms "Ethics" and "Morality" are used. There is also a difference between what makes for right conduct according to two basic sorts of morality.

Apr 3, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Have we gotten too touchy to get along together?

Mar 29, 2006 - C. G. Prado

Telling "white lies" is thought wrong, but necessary. If it's wrong, how can it be necessary?

Mar 22, 2006 - C. G. Prado