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Billboards spreading misinformation on the risks of vaccination have popped up around American cities. A bioethicist explains why decisions not to vaccinate children are indefensible.
American spending on pets is more than the combined GDP of the 39 poorest countries in the world. What if even a small percentage of this spending was allocated to reducing suffering, asks a philosopher.
Football plays an important role in American culture. Experts point out some ethical questions you might consider asking this season.
Images of famine or poverty are often used by human rights groups to galvanize support. And they often do. The ethics of these images is a more complex story.
An expert argues why the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times can hardly be considered an act of civil disobedience and why it might make things even worse in the Trump administration.
Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.
The coworking company, WeWork, has banned meat, citing an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint. For centuries, philosophers have made a moral case against meat-eating.
Sports fans are of two types: purists and partisans. The attitudes of both can affect the game. An expert explains which one you are and what that means.
Middle-class houses in the US have grown ever larger. The average single-family home is almost twice the size of a home in the 1960s. It’s time to consider the downsides of sizing up.
While people often want to cheat in certain cases if it would benefit them, they also want to think of themselves as honest. Here are three steps to stay honest while filing taxes.
The biggest ethical challenges for self-driving cars arise in mundane situations, not when crashes are unavoidable.
From asking a partner to pick up dinner on the way home to checking in on a neighbor with health problems, we frequently face the question, ‘What’s the best way to communicate?’
A scholar suggests a few approaches that have withstood the test of time.
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Global Studies; Director of Food Studies, University of Oregon
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Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Washington
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University; Independent Social Research Foundation
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University at Albany, State University of New York
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