The Ethicist is in

Ethics writer Randy Cohen thinks Americans don't file enough lawsuits when they've been wronged. He wrote recently that Henry Louis Gates ought to sue over his treatment by Cambridge police.

Guests

• Randy Cohen: Writes the Ethicist column for The New York Times Magazine. He also writes a blog, Moral of the Story, which looks at the news from an ethics perspective.

Resources

• Randy Cohen's Ethicist columns
• Moral of the Story blog