For Nicole's Critique

Greetings,

I've posted a few PDF's in my Intermedia Folder (npietran) under Public. Here is a recent tid-bit that goes along with my readings and interests...

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A version of this article appeared in print on August 23, 2009, on page MM22 of the New York edition.

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THE ETHICIST

By RANDY COHEN

Published: August 18, 2009

A friend of mine was a tour guide in Alaska. He tells me that his boss planted a taxidermy moose and bear off in the distance. Apparently, the chances of seeing a live moose or bear on such an outing is about 10 percent, and no one wanted to disappoint the mostly nearsighted and elderly tourists. Deception — yes! Unethical? JANICE FISCHER, AUSTIN, TEX.

To arrange this ludicrous, if benign, contrivance to deliberately fool the clientele is a kind of lie and hence unethical. If during a tour, however, a shirtless Alec Baldwin happened to race through the clearing and some folks mistook him for a bear, a very handsome bear — he is a hairy man — so be it. The guide would have no duty to set them straight and could simply keep silent.