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Ethical, Schmethical!

Ethical, Schmethical!

Woo-hoo, or Taboo?

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Robert Basler
Jun 29, 2025
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A few weeks ago, I introduced Woo-hoo, or Taboo? This is an advice column that addresses ethical “dilemmas” that would never even occur to normal people in a real world.

It’s a pretty easy gig. I don’t have to beat the bushes for questions, because I just borrow ones that have already appeared in The New York Times’ The Ethicist column.

In fact, it is very important to keep reminding yourself that all of these questions have been asked and answered already, in the greatest newspaper in the world.

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