Every week, the Prindle Intern team weighs in on an ethical issue together. Each intern is challenged to keep their response to five sentences – Ethics in 5. Click on … Continue reading "Ethics in 5: Printerns on Vaccinations"

Need some reading material for this weekend? Check out these links from members of The Prindle Post staff. Documentarians discuss the ethics of their craft (Camille V.) An Armenian-American perspective on Barack Obama … Continue reading "What We’re Reading"

Two years ago, Boston Marathon runners and spectators endured a gruesome crime at the hands of the Chechnyan Tsarnaev brothers. Although the older brother and supposed mastermind of the operation, Tamerlan, was … Continue reading "What Punishment Fits Tsarnaev’s Crime?"

As a millennial and current college student, I understand the struggle of endless nights in the library, clinging to your coffee, dreaming about sleep, and wondering “what is all of this … Continue reading "Ethics of Meritocracy in Education and The American Dream: “Why I Hate School but Love Education”"

The rampant use of study drugs on college campuses has been the cause of extensive debate for some time now. It has become increasingly easy to acquire a prescription, and … Continue reading "Are Legal Study Drugs still an Ethical Issue?"

This Guest Author post by Dr. Jeff McCall was originally published in The Indy Star on April 24, 2015. NBC’s high-profile anchor, Brian Williams, has been suspended for telling tall … Continue reading "The Deterioration of TV News"

There has been much debate recently over the potential Iran nuclear deal. The US and Iran have a long and complicated history and this diplomatic move is certainly a continuation … Continue reading "Ethical Dilemma: Iran’s “Signing Bonus”"

The term “designer babies” is becoming more and more common around the world today as genetic engineering continues to revolutionize how we think about human development.  China has some of … Continue reading "The Present Status of Genetic Engineering"

On Thursday, President Obama announced that a U.S. drone strike accidentally killed one American and one Italian hostage in January. Both men were aid workers who had been held captive for … Continue reading "Obama, Drones, and Hostages"

This post was written by Ayo Animashaun, a 2014 graduate of DePauw University. Ayo was an Economics major, Management Fellow, and Bonner Scholar. This article details his post-grad experience integrating sustainability and … Continue reading "Discovering Biotecture: What are Earthships and Why Should We Care?"

Every week, the Prindle Intern team weighs in on an ethical issue together. Each intern is challenged to keep their response to five sentences – Ethics in 5. Click on … Continue reading "Ethics in 5: Printerns on Advertising Ethics"

Cultural appropriation is when a dominant group adapts the customs of a minority group and tries to trademark them as their own in an effort to be edgy and/or to … Continue reading "Cultural Appropriation in Entertainment"

Doctor Sergio Canavero has been interested in performing head transplants since learning about Doctor Robert White’s experiment in 1970, which involved switching the heads of two different monkeys. 45 years … Continue reading "Head Transplants: HEAVEN or Hell?"

“Apps track users once every three minutes, “ Emily Dwoskin reports in The Wall Street Journal. Personally, this was a shocking, and quite alarming statistic considering how many apps I … Continue reading "Where are you now?"

With a record-setting net worth of over $700 billion, Apple has become the largest U.S. company and produces some of the most widely used technological devices in the world.  As … Continue reading "Apple’s Proposed Conservation Effort Raises Questions"

Pfizer, a drug-making company that manufactures many well-known and commonly used drugs such as Lyrica, Viagra, Lipitor, and Zoloft  in court over the controversy stemming from the drug Zoloft. It … Continue reading "Depressed about Zoloft?"

The introduction of vaccines was one of the biggest leaps in medical history.  To think that one could be permanently immune to a specific disease was incredibly enticing to the population … Continue reading "The Necessity of Vaccination"

Four and half months ago, I left Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America for the bonnie land of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. With only eight weeks of my semester long … Continue reading "Ignorance is Bliss?: Cultural Sensitivity while Abroad"

The conflict in Syria is a humanitarian catastrophe on a massive scale, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions of others forced to flee their homes. Recently, the BBC has … Continue reading "Electronic Empathy: Video Games as Media"

The Prindle Institute for Ethics formally invites all DePauw students to submit coursework relating to ethics or of ethical concern. The Prindle Prize Program is an annual competition, which gives students … Continue reading "Submit Coursework for Prindle Prize, Win $ Prizes!"

In recent years, immigration to Italy and other parts of the Mediterranean from Africa and the Middle East has increased significantly. Immigrants are determined as ever as they choose to … Continue reading "A New Life: Worth the Risk?"

Every week, the Prindle Intern team weighs in on an ethical issue together. Each intern is challenged to keep their response to five sentences – Ethics in 5. Click on … Continue reading "Ethics in 5: Printerns on Water"

According to a recent report by The Guardian,  John Hopkins University is being accused of carrying out lethal experiments on over 800 Guatemalan research participants in the 1940s and 1950s. Claimants … Continue reading "Fatal realities of medical experimentation: the case of Guatemala"

The motorcycle racing community was in uproar for months following the decision handed down by the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme/International Motorcycle Federation) to ban pro Supercross/Motocross racer James Stewart … Continue reading "Adderall Aftermath: The Implications of James Stewart’s Supercross Ban"