In D.C.'s Museum of the Bible, there's an artifact that might change the way you think about slavery and Christianity. It's called the Slave Bible.

Self-care is crucial, but is it overly commodified?

Algorithms may seem like the perfect remedy to human error, but even algorithms can be biased.

We've been taught from a young age to wash our hands frequently and use powerful disinfectants to clean our homes. But how clean is too clean?

Bothsidesism means acknowledging that moral equivalence is dangerous: just because there are two sides of an issue doesn't mean they're ethically equal.

Is breaking your New Year's resolution the same as breaking a promise? Philosophers might give us an answer.

In November, Utah voters made medical marijuana legal with a ballot measure. However, legislation is already underway to restrict it.

Facebook has faced increased scrutiny about privacy and personal information this year. How did the company handle it?

Our societal notions of what "self defense" should mean is based largely on what an adult male might do in a situation. Such a definition failed Cyntoia Brown, was was sentenced to 51 years in prison for killing an abuser.

Just how reliable are student evaluations of teachers at the end of the semester? Often, they reveal biases.

Opinion: The GoFundMe campaign supporting the building of the proposed border wall has some fundamental philosophical problems.

While scary shark movies can be fun to watch, they negatively effect our understanding the importance of sharks in their ecosystems.

The gender binary has long held sway over medical intervention for many kinds of treatments, especially for those who identify outside that binary.

PETA's list of updated metaphors has sparked memes and ridicule. What did PETA do right - or wrong?

Online dating offers people a wider choice in partners, but also might serve to intensify bias.

NIMBY-ism, or "not in my backyard," is a double-edged sword, and sometimes it's as harmful to clean energy infrastructure as it is helpful.

Is hip-hop's popularity a function of appreciation or appropriation? And where should we draw the line?

Netflix's Making a Murderer sometimes uses questionable practices to tell true crime stories. Among these methods is "brain fingerprinting."

Those zippy little scooters that are showing up in many cities pose more problems than you might expect, from environmental questions to disabilities.

Tumblr's ban on adult content claims to be making the blogging platform a better, safer place, yet hate speech is still readily found. Is the ban the best solution?

Space exploration has the potential to revolutionize our scientific knowledge, but there are many ethical questions to address first.

Women deserve better care and experiences when it comes to giving birth, but the Free Birth Society may not be the answer.

Satire deliberately exaggerates societal issues to make a point -- and to make us change. But what if it doesn't work?

The gene-editing technology CRISPR was the source of lively theoretical ethics debates - until Chinese scientist He Jiankui actually used it.