Health & Wellness Marshall Bierson | 21 Dec 2021 The Vice of Ingratitude; or, How I'm Bad at Christmas Why is it so difficult for us to appreciate the wisdom in the adage that it's the thought that counts?
Technology Matthew S.W. Silk | 15 Dec 2021 Who Is Accountable for Inductive Risk in AI? When the algorithm makes a mistake, whose responsibility is it to provide an explanation?
The Ethical and Epistemic Consequences of Hiding YouTube Dislikes What might be the tangible impact of a seemingly innocuous policy change? 9 Dec 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
Hotline Ping: Chatbots as Medical Counselors? Does distrust of healthcare automation come from legitimate moral concern or blind confidence in the personal touch? 1 Dec 2021 | Megan Fritts
The Vice of Ingratitude; or, How I’m Bad at Thanksgiving What does it mean to be grateful rather than merely contented? What kinds of things are we thankful for as opposed to simply glad about? 24 Nov 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Individual Rights, Collective Interests, and Vaccine Mandates Is there any justifying the state's strong-arming and bullying in the name of its citizens' public health? 21 Oct 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Should Scientists De-Extinct the Woolly Mammoth? How do we weigh the protection of endangered species against the possibility of bringing another animal back to life? 28 Sep 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
Resurrection Through Chatbot? What are we to make of the latest example of technology's seemingly constant encroachment on the sacred? 27 Sep 2021 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, and the Dangers of Scientific Preprints Information sharing during the pandemic suggests a desperate need to make clear exactly what it means to trust in science. 3 Sep 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
COVID Vaccines and Primary Care Are doctors violating their professional code in choosing who they will or will not treat, or, as always, simply minimizing their patients' risk and possible harm? 30 Aug 2021 | Megan Fritts
Intellectual Property and the Right of Necessity How can we honor our obligation to those in need without creating additional kinds of unfairness? 18 Aug 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Trump v. Facebook, and the Future of Free Speech What kind of public good do the big tech companies provide? Who should have the right to police that space? 30 Jul 2021 | Kiara Goodwine
Will the Real Anthony Bourdain Please Stand Up? What might be the moral core of controversy behind a hubbub over a seemingly benign deepfake? 26 Jul 2021 | Richard Gibson
In Defense of Space Tourism for Billionaires Mightn't unhindered ambition and the capacity dream be good (perhaps even necessary) for the soul? 20 Jul 2021 | Giles Howdle
The Aristotelian Vulgarity of Billionaires in Space Can virtue ethics help put appropriate words to a lingering doubt and spell out the antipathy we feel? 19 Jul 2021 | A.G. Holdier
Space: The Immoral Frontier? Can the broad consensus on the "necessary" nature of space travel find a moral justification? 19 Jul 2021 | Carlo DaVia
Medical Challenge Trials: Time to Embrace the Challenge? Are there any good moral reasons for refusing to experiment with willing participants in the face of an emergency? 15 Jul 2021 | Giles Howdle
What Morgellons Disease Teaches Us about Empathy What kind of compassion and consideration can be shown to those we do not believe and lack the ability to trust? 14 Jul 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
Autonomy, Euthanasia, and Non-Terminal Patients What constraints, if any, should we place on the freedom to pursue physician-assisted suicide, especially when it comes to those whose reasoning may be impaired? 28 Jun 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk
The Knowledge Norms of Emotions Emotions seems to only be appropriate after all the facts have come in, making uncertainty a major obstacle to catharsis. 11 Jun 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Ethical Considerations in the Lab-Leak Theory Why the skepticism regarding the original suggestion, and what dangers surround the investigation now? 8 Jun 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
“Fake News” Is Not Dangerously Overblown All the commotion surrounding "fake news" suggests a larger concern over the way online speech works generally. 7 Jun 2021 | A.G. Holdier