‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.
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From planting mangroves to dumping minerals in the ocean, there are lots of ideas for ocean carbon dioxide removal – and even more questions.
Researchers have a number of responsibilities when embarking on their work - not least of all to the participants.
Pork producers are challenging a California law that animal welfare advocates call the most important measure for farm animal protection in decades.
There are genuine political disagreements, and then there are time-worn strategies for selling denial to the public. A sociologist breaks down the patterns.
The US is seeing more campaigns to ‘protect’ children by barring controversial books. But research shows children’s reading experiences are complex and unpredictable, explains a literature professor.
A new study found that the device people used to communicate in a negotiation made a big difference in how likely they were to deceive for personal gain.
As businesses establish themselves in the metaverse, the amount of financial transactions there will increase. This will come with previously unknown risks.
In 1972, justices handed down a decision that attacked discriminatory and capricious death sentences. But it left the door ajar for states to continue the practice.
Plans for a drone superhighway could change our skies.
An anthropologist explains how years of conflict have made Ukrainians reassess their priorities and relationships.
Adults today may have grown up dreaming they would live to see working jet packs and robot assistants but few people imagined it would be possible to create life without reproductive cells.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
Water companies are presenting people with an ethical dilemma.
Policymakers often think of their decisions about nuclear weapons as moral, a nuclear ethicist explains – which is key to understanding their motives.
Lower federal court judges follow a formal code of ethics, but this does not apply to Supreme Court justices, leaving potential conflicts of interest unchecked.
Competition between corporations drives innovation and development. But when it comes to artificial intelligence systems, the prevention of harm should be more important.
The federal government needs a transparent, merit-based process for all public appointments
The pandemic has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
Given most countries have stopped requiring negative COVID tests to enter, can you just go? An ethicist weighs in.
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Deputy Director, Institute for Ethics, Governance & Law, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Deakin University
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
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Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford
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Lecturer in Bioethics, Monash University; The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
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Professor of Medicine, Monash University
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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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Professor of Bioethics and Humanities, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati
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Senior Lecturer in Digital Ethics; Deputy Director, Centre for AI and Digital Ethics, The University of Melbourne