Comments on: Why Enron Still Matters http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/01/why_enron_still_1.html The Law, the Universe, and Everything Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Kris http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/01/why_enron_still_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-60566 Kris Thu, 02 Feb 2006 01:36:16 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/01/why-enron-still-matters.html#comment-60566 If anyone would like to get caught up on the Enron scandal while the trials are going on I would highly recommend the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. It is a great behind the scenes look and the scandal from its roots and all those who were involved. It was shocking to see just how many people knew about the fraud that was being carried out on a daily basis by the Enron executives as well as traders. Go to www.enronmovie.com for more information. It is now available on DVD and was just nominated for an Oscar If anyone would like to get caught up on the Enron scandal while the trials are going on I would highly recommend the movie Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. It is a great behind the scenes look and the scandal from its roots and all those who were involved. It was shocking to see just how many people knew about the fraud that was being carried out on a daily basis by the Enron executives as well as traders. Go to http://www.enronmovie.com for more information. It is now available on DVD and was just nominated for an Oscar

]]> By: Dave Hoffman http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/01/why_enron_still_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-60565 Dave Hoffman Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:48:11 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/01/why-enron-still-matters.html#comment-60565 Yes, just maybe. I'm not a moral philosopher, so I don't know exactly how to parse degrees of evil. Of course, I'm tempted to measure the evilness of crime by its total effect on social wealth (which means that powerful fraudsters, who hurt more people on average, might be more evil than powerless ones). Wouldn't you Kate? Yes, just maybe. I’m not a moral philosopher, so I don’t know exactly how to parse degrees of evil. Of course, I’m tempted to measure the evilness of crime by its total effect on social wealth (which means that powerful fraudsters, who hurt more people on average, might be more evil than powerless ones). Wouldn’t you Kate?

]]> By: Kate Litvak http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/2006/01/why_enron_still_1.html/comment-page-1#comment-60564 Kate Litvak Wed, 01 Feb 2006 20:18:31 +0000 http://www.solove.org/archives/2006/01/why-enron-still-matters.html#comment-60564 >>"if Skilling and Lay are guilty of the knowledge and purpose charged by the indictment, they are evil. Maybe less evil than, say, murderers, but that is a distinction I leave for other folks to make." _Maybe_ less evil than murderers? Just _maybe_? Does this moral equivalence apply to all thieves and fraudsters or just to rich and powerful ones? >>”if Skilling and Lay are guilty of the knowledge and purpose charged by the indictment, they are evil. Maybe less evil than, say, murderers, but that is a distinction I leave for other folks to make.”

_Maybe_ less evil than murderers? Just _maybe_?

Does this moral equivalence apply to all thieves and fraudsters or just to rich and powerful ones?

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