On 'ethicists' and Jewish values

I've been suspicious of 'ethicists' ever since 2002, when the New York Times' 'ethicist' - one Jewish-sounding Randy Cohen - advised a woman who wrote to ask whether she should work with an Orthodox Jewish male real estate agent who would not shake her hand that she was entitled to work with someone "who will treat you with the dignity and respect he shows his male clients." He deemed it