If Kant Were a New York Cyclist

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If Kant Were a New York Cyclist

August 9, 2012 Legal and Enforcement No Digest Traffic Control 0

By Randy Cohen
Published in the New York Times
August 4, 2012

The rule-breaking cyclist that people decry: that’s me. I routinely run red lights, and so do you. I flout the law when I’m on my bike; you do it when you are on foot, at least if you are like most New Yorkers. My behavior vexes pedestrians, drivers and even some of my fellow cyclists. Similar conduct has stuck cyclists with tickets and court-ordered biking education classes.

But although it is illegal, I believe it is ethical.

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Randy Cohen was the original writer of The New York Times Magazine’s “Ethicist” column and the author of the forthcoming book “Be Good: How to Navigate the Ethics of Everything.”

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