VALUES ARE NOT ALWAYS CONVENIENT
During the 2010–2011 basketball season, a college basketball team that had fielded a lot of good teams over the years had a great team. Led by a young man who was the nation’s leading scorer and who smashed school records that had stood for 30 years, this team moved into the top five in national rankings. As the NCAA tournament approached, fans and pundits alike saw the team as a strong contender for making it to the Elite Eight, the Final Four, and maybe even beyond. Then, not even two weeks before the NCAA tournament was set to begin, perhaps the second-best player on the team was suddenly suspended. Why? Well, the details are his business, but it was clear he had violated his school’s honor code—a set of values ...
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