Comments on: ethics http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/ A computer programmer's commentary on news, Linux, programming, music, web design, trivia, humor, usability and whatever else strikes his fancy at the time. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:10:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/comment-page-1/#comment-12736 dan Fri, 05 May 2006 14:35:50 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/?p=1265#comment-12736 I appreciate that. Although it hasn't reached epidemic proportions, it has happened more than I would have liked. I appreciate that. Although it hasn’t reached epidemic proportions, it has happened more than I would have liked.

]]> By: Karalyn http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/comment-page-1/#comment-12711 Karalyn Thu, 04 May 2006 22:16:00 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/?p=1265#comment-12711 Okay Dan, but I hope that your experience w/ unfulfilled oral contracts is minimal. ;) Okay Dan, but I hope that your experience w/ unfulfilled oral contracts is minimal. ;)

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/comment-page-1/#comment-12693 dan Thu, 04 May 2006 15:05:34 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/?p=1265#comment-12693 Karalyn: It was for an assignment, and it was only allowed to be a paragraph, so I wasn't able to delve into the subject matter. However, from my experience oral agreements are not binding. You're probably right about the duress issue. I'll try to be more specific next time :) Karalyn: It was for an assignment, and it was only allowed to be a paragraph, so I wasn’t able to delve into the subject matter. However, from my experience oral agreements are not binding. You’re probably right about the duress issue. I’ll try to be more specific next time :)

]]> By: Karalyn http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/comment-page-1/#comment-12679 Karalyn Thu, 04 May 2006 05:29:21 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/?p=1265#comment-12679 Hmm -- not entirely sure I agree with you on this one, Dan. As far as I understand it, oral and/or express contracts are, in fact, binding, and though my faith in humanity wanders somewhere between unfailing and non-existent depending on the day, my faith in case law and Constitutional spirit is strong -- and well based, I think. People can claim to be agreeing to contracts under duress (not temporary insanity, as far as I know, but duress -- sure), but I think that argument is largely ineffective and often used only as a matter of rote answer to whatever breech-of-contract complaint is being served against them. Or maybe you're just writing this to finish an assignment -- the generalizations you make seem quite, um, general. ;) Hmm — not entirely sure I agree with you on this one, Dan. As far as I understand it, oral and/or express contracts are, in fact, binding, and though my faith in humanity wanders somewhere between unfailing and non-existent depending on the day, my faith in case law and Constitutional spirit is strong — and well based, I think. People can claim to be agreeing to contracts under duress (not temporary insanity, as far as I know, but duress — sure), but I think that argument is largely ineffective and often used only as a matter of rote answer to whatever breech-of-contract complaint is being served against them.

Or maybe you’re just writing this to finish an assignment — the generalizations you make seem quite, um, general. ;)

]]> By: dan http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/comment-page-1/#comment-12588 dan Tue, 02 May 2006 01:29:09 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/?p=1265#comment-12588 Thanks, I appreciate it. Thanks, I appreciate it.

]]> By: whaleman http://dan.hersam.com/2006/04/18/ethics/comment-page-1/#comment-12540 whaleman Mon, 01 May 2006 00:22:49 +0000 http://dan.hersam.com/?p=1265#comment-12540 congrats on graduation and happy birthday (belated) congrats on graduation and happy birthday (belated)

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