Editorial December 13, 1993 ISSUE

Staying alert to moral blind spots

Russ Gerber

I glanced over and happened to see a woman at the far end of the store just as she was about to leave. She'd completed her purchases, took a quick look around, apparently concluded that no one was looking, then grabbed a handful of shopping bags and hastily walked out the door.

Some would say it was a minor violation. It doesn't compare to tax evasion or burglary or stealing on a larger scale. Yet, doesn't this miss a significant point? It brushes aside as unimportant the moral disorder behind any such act.

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