Higher Education A.G. Holdier | 12 Aug 2019 Digital Textbooks in Higher Education The transition to an ebook market for college textbooks has important consequences for internet piracy and student debt.
Technology Kenneth Boyd | 9 Aug 2019 YouTube and the Filter Bubble Algorithms curating and recommending media content can create echo chambers; they can reinforce misinformation and normalize hate-speech. How can we resist?
Who fact-checks the fact-checkers? The campaign to stem the tide of misinformation online is beset by a number of formidable epistemic obstacles. How effective can fact-checking ever really be? 5 Jul 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
Are Loot Boxes "Quite Ethical"? Recent rulings have called the loot box mechanics used in franchises like FIFA and Star Wars Battlefront "gambling for children." What's the danger? 1 Jul 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
La Liga, EULAs, and Privacy in Public Spaces La Liga's recent use of its mobile app as a tool for spying offers another interesting chapter in the piracy versus privacy debate. 28 Jun 2019 | Meredith McFadden
What Technological Dystopias Can Tell Us About Human Values The vision of technological dystopia presented by Black Mirror covers diverse topics ranging from the nature of consciousness to the essence of parenting. 18 Jun 2019 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Does Care Require Personhood? The Ethics of Robot Caregiving Emerging healthcare technologies like Rudy, Addison, and PARO should prompt us to reassess the healthcare industry and to contemplate the difference between service and care. 7 Jun 2019 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Establishing Liability in Artificial Intelligence Algorithms are capable of causing harm, but it isn't easy to identify who should be held accountable when they do. 3 Jun 2019 | Meredith McFadden
Game of Thrones, Avengers: Endgame, and the Ethics of Spoilers Where does the wrong we feel in spoiled book and movie twists come from? What is spoiler etiquette based on? 23 May 2019 | A.G. Holdier
Online Discourse and the Demand for Civility The call for civil discourse is often disingenuous, and finding a neutral ground for debate is difficult in practice. What does 'civility' mean, and what does it not mean? 14 May 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
Should Instagram Remove Its Like System? Instagram's recent trial in discontinuing their 'like' system brings to the fore questions about the purpose of social media and app's corporate responsibility. 13 May 2019 | Byron Mason II
Kylie Jenner and the Possibility of Being "Self-Made" What can a controversy over the "self-made" title tell us about privilege and inequality? 10 May 2019 | Meredith McFadden
The Problem with "Google-Research" We rely on the internet to get our news and stay informed, but Google searches can be slanted in ways that are hard to detect. 9 May 2019 | Kenneth Boyd
Cancel Culture As our social/political commentary continues to evolve on social media, we should ask what the value of cancelling someone really is. 8 May 2019 | Byron Mason II
Summit Learning and Experiments in Education The use of personalized learning programs in public schools have prompted protests. Are there reasons for concern? 2 May 2019 | Andrew Bobker
Death and Consciousness: The Prospect of Brain Resuscitation New research involving brain resuscitation holds great promise and presents even greater challenges. 1 May 2019 | Haley Thompson
The Ethics of Brand Humanization Corporations' push to attract a marketing-resistant demographic is producing some troubling effects. 29 Apr 2019 | Beatrice Harvey
Airplane Crashes and the Diffusion of Responsibility How can we evaluate moral responsibility in cases like the Boeing airplane crashes? 16 Apr 2019 | Andrew Bobker
Racist, Sexist Robots: Prejudice in AI While we hope our AI creations will overcome human shortcomings, they all too often replicate the prejudicial patterns they see. 5 Apr 2019 | Meredith McFadden
Sparking Joy: The Ethics of Medically-Induced Happiness What should our outlook be on "medically induced" happiness? Is it the same as "natural" happiness? 15 Mar 2019 | Andrew Bobker
Pinterest's Block on Anti-Vaccination Content Pinterest quietly removed anti-vaccination content from the site, making both 'anti-vax' and 'vaccine' unsearchable. Was this the right thing to do? 4 Mar 2019 | Haley Thompson
Nasty, Brutish and Online: Is Facebook Revealing a Hobbesian Dystopia? Was Thomas Hobbes right about human nature, and is Facebook proving it? 11 Feb 2019 | Desmonda Lawrence