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Evan Arnet

Evan Arnet is a PhD candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Department at Indiana University Bloomington. His research focuses on the animal behavior sciences and genetics, but he is broadly interested in how science and medicine intersect with our values.

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Opinion

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8 May 2023

Narrowly Defined: Corruption in the Court

Undue influence comes in many shapes in sizes, we need a legal approach to match.

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Business

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10 Apr 2023

The Controversy Surrounding ESG Investing

Why aren't environmental and social impact legitimate investing concerns?

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Right-to-Work Laws and Workers’ Rights

What legal landscape does best by the American worker?

16 Mar 2023

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The Right to Strike

Do all professions deserve the right to strike?

15 Feb 2023

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Justice and Climate Change

What might be the best legal remedy from climate harms?

1 Feb 2023

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Does Anyone Deserve Anything?

How can we tell whether someone has all they are rightfully owed?

28 Nov 2022

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Z-Library and Digital Piracy

Can the presumed harms be outweighed by the democratization of information?

10 Nov 2022

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"Suicide Kits" for Sale

Perhaps regulating supply is less important than investigating demand.

13 Oct 2022

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A Post-Christian America and the Foundations of Morality

The declining influence of the church need not spell doom for ethics.

30 Sep 2022

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The Ethics of Quiet Quitting

Above and beyond? Have we made a moral obligation of going the extra mile?

6 Sep 2022

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Is 8 Billion People Too Many? Too Few?

Our dated discourse on scarcity and population growth stands in need of revision.

16 Aug 2022

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Same-Sex Marriage and the Political Process

Which issues rightly belong to the courts and which should be decided by majority rule?

28 Jul 2022

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When Courts Change Their Minds

Is there any reason that justices' legal opinions should be constrained by "settled law"?

5 Jul 2022

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Mental Health and the Uvalde Massacre

What role does mental health play in the larger narrative about gun violence and public health?

13 Jun 2022

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Roe v. Wade and the Meaning of a Right

What does it mean to possess a right and what does it mean to lose one?

31 May 2022

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Unions and Worker Agency

How can workers best identify, articulate, and defend their individual interests?

4 May 2022

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Insulin and American Healthcare

What kind of economic and political intervention might be warranted to fix the current state of affairs?

13 Apr 2022

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Can Assassination Ever Be the Right Thing to Do?

Why should military action aimed at our enemies' top brass be a stratagem that remains off the table?

18 Mar 2022

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The Hidden Ethics of Inflation

It's high time we probed this economic catch-all and had a public discussion about the who's and why's of it all.

7 Mar 2022

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Rise of the Human-Animal Hybrids: The Ethics of Xenotransplantation

The jury is still out on the ethics surrounding this modern miracle.

10 Feb 2022

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