Restricting drug access can make the overdose crisis worse, not better. A bioethicist explains what that means for an ethical drug policy.
- Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
Should people be compelled to take the vaccine? Should you feel guilty for skipping the line? And what about parts of the world where vaccines aren’t readably available? Ethicists have it covered.
A moral philosopher explains why the ethics of getting or refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are more complex than it might seem.
A scholar explains why there is no one answer. Some pain is devastating, and sometimes such pain responds well to opioids. On the other hand, there is evidence that some physicians overprescribe.
If opioids prevent significant suffering, then the solution to the prescription opioid problem cannot simply be to stop using them.
A panel of academics and scientists explain the damages to the Earth, the economy and US moral standing in the world by Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord.
Many thousands, perhaps millions, of lives depend on the direction of Trump’s climate policies.
A philosopher of ‘procreation ethics’ at the center of a controversy over having kids explains why we can’t ignore the population question in an era of climate change.
A moral philosopher considers whether you should vote out of fear.
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