The Supreme Court has refused to protect physician-assisted suicide at the federal level, but the number of states with aid-in-dying legislation is growing. What are the legal principles and moral values at play?

The growing climate crisis is highlighting our interconnectedness; one nation's consumption is another nation's problem.

Developing human/non-human embryos for research and organ transplant raises tough questions about the value of human life and the politics of species taxonomy.

Recent legal challenges to the use of 'meat' and 'milk' labels for alternatives (from Tofurky to soymilk and even in vitro meat) lack legal weight and moral reason.

Roll-backs and deregulation concerning 'threatened' species raise questions about the weighing of human and animal interests.

Should we be concerned about Google mining user data to generate consumer profiles? What does data transparency require?

A coercive data collection campaign in China raises questions about corporate complicity. What obligation, if any, do companies have when their goods are being used to cause harm or violate others' rights?

Should it be revealed that our actions are not as autonomous as we assume them to be, how might this impact our conception of punishment and desert?

The divergence between the concepts of justice and fairness can easily be seen in prosecutors' different explanations of their relationship to the law.

Mill endorsed free and open debate as a machine capable of refining and reinforcing truth. There were, however, limits. On his view, political correctness is not a restriction of free speech but a basic tenet.

The transition to an ebook market for college textbooks has important consequences for internet piracy and student debt.

Algorithms curating and recommending media content can create echo chambers; they can reinforce misinformation and normalize hate-speech. How can we resist?

Research involving animal embryos that have human cells requires us to revisit our standards regarding moral status.

Progress has been made, but we still have a long way to go to fulfill our moral obligations with regard to animal rights.

The move to grant non-human animals, and even non-organisms like rivers, legal personhood prompts reflection on our evolving conception of rights.

Debate over revenue neutral or non revenue neutral carbon taxes asks whether its is a tool for changing individual financial incentives or funding climate adaptation? What are the ethical implications? What are the political implications?

California's housing shortage touches on everything: privilege, fairness, class conflict, and free-riders.

Arguments regarding the immorality of procreation are on the rise given concerns of overpopulation and humans' contribution to climate change.

Research with cellularly revived brain tissues raises all sorts of questions about the nature of consciousness, the definition of pain, and the ethical boundaries of scientific research.

A holdover from a different time, the Letters of Last Resort signal a strategy of nuclear deterrence whose mode may be outdated, but whose message remains clear.

Embedded in the case for protection are arguments concerning the value of our past, in-group/out-group determinations about our shared heritage, and historical injustice and marginalization.

The miniseries takes up a number of philosophical themes (e.g., what it means to know, the nature of authority, the virtue of humility), but chief among these is our existential confrontation with the Absurd.

HBO's miniseries offers a new opportunity to revisit an age-old debate: Should we keep value judgments out of science? Can we?

Much has been made of the US's intention to return to the moon. What did Apollo 11 mean then and what might another voyage mean now?