Ethical Inquisitor Gifts

Human Stem Cell Research

"To torture an insect or not to torture an insect, that is the question."

Church leader at desk has 3 boxes marked 'Black', 'White' and 'Gray Area'.

"When faced with a tricky ethical issue, I always ask the question, 'What's in it for me?'"

'How do we SLEEP at night?'

Slavery Reparations

'This is from a post-ethics phase.'

'You won't believe this, but even if the vaccine works, they wont give it to other sick mice.'

"Sorry, we don't hire people with a history of whistle blowing."

"Mr. McMurdo has been called 'guilty as the day is long.' And yet, do not biblical scholars tell us a day can mean many things?"

The Price of Freedom

'You're in luck. Business ethics is a gray area.'

'We were kind of hoping to let our CONSCIENCE be our guide.'

'Forget it. Bioethics doesn't apply to us.'

'Please remember, it's not a lie if it turns a profit.'

Jesus Christ, Health Insurance CEO

'Bob was eventually arrested and charged with outsider trading.'

"Isn't it true that the prosecution offered you a bone to testify?"

"Pastor, may we share a message with you about humility?"

'Just think of one of these as enabling legislation for the golden rule.'

"When we tested this medication on dogs, nobody noticed any side effects."

"There is a medical use for marijuana. I sold it to pay my tuition at medical school."

"It's badly sprained, McElroy, and you know as well as I do that I'd only slow you down. Go on without me—and that's a direct order!"

"I'm an agnostic now that I've started having self doubts."

"Your sins are forgiven, but not your co-pay."

'Naughty? Nice? Santa, I don't deal in absolutes.'

Ethics ethics.

'I find it harder and harder to get any work done with all the ethicists hanging around.'

'Now that you've all had a chance to try the shampoo we would like you to fill in this questionnaire.'

Man milks a book.

"...And since the cure is worse than the disease, we can make more money by developing a cure for that!"