Tag: "applied ethics"

Expanding the Original Position to Animals

Matthew Chalmers applies the political philosophy of John Rawls to creatures great and small.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021 :: Articles]

Against Veganism

Chris Belshaw makes the case for rearing animals for their meat and produce.
[Issue 146 :: October/November 2021 :: Articles]

The Promise of Artificial Intelligence by Brian Cantwell Smith

Joshua Schrier asks whether artificial real intelligence is possible.
[Issue 144 :: June/July 2021 :: Books]

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659-1719)

Martin Jenkins considers the way of the samurai.
[Issue 132 :: June/July 2019 :: Brief Lives]

The Ethics of Education in the Secular State

Andrew Copson considers some ethical problems for secular education in a pluralistic world.
[Issue 129 :: December 2018 / January 2019 :: A Moral Education]

The Not So Golden Rule

Dan Flores argues that the Golden Rule can’t be followed, even in principle.
[Issue 125 :: April/May 2018 :: Articles]

The Golden Rule Revisited

Paul Walker and Ally Walker wonder if the Golden Rule could be a stand-alone ethic.
[Issue 125 :: April/May 2018 :: Articles]

Club Bio-Med

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 119 :: April/May 2017 :: Editorial]

Are Designer Babies Our Future?

Keith Tidman overhears a prophetic dialogue about the pluses and minuses of genetically engineering children.
[Issue 119 :: April/May 2017 :: Bioethics & Medical Ethics]

Eating Stupid Pigs

Marco Kaisth asks, could radical genetic engineering create ethical factory farms?
[Issue 119 :: April/May 2017 :: Bioethics & Medical Ethics]