> I think it's more valuable to praise good ethical decisions than it is to deride bad ones,

I agree. But I don’t think this is a good ethical decision. It’s not a decision at all. He was fired and Stanford PR made a statement for him. I don’t think that’s praiseworthy.

Or I suppose we could praise him for not murdering people. And lots of other things that are extremely common and I don’t think noteworthy.

I think it’s also worth reflecting on terrible decisions and people who make them and use mistakes of others to learn.