Tag: "ethics"

News: December 2017 / January 2018

Human brains to connect to cloud storage! • Mini human brains implanted in rodents! • Psychologists study moral intuition — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: News]

Prostitution & Instrumentalization

Rob Lovering argues that a popular argument against prostitution doesn’t work.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Prejudice & Perception]

Homelessness & the Limits of Hospitality

Anya Daly says we’ll solve homelessness only when we see it as our problem.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Prejudice & Perception]

Perfectionism & Hate Speech Law

Shaun O’Dwyer on reconciling free speech with protection against hate speech.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Prejudice & Perception]

What’s So Bad About Smugness?

Emrys Westacott asks whether it really is a terrible moral failing.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Articles]

Santa Claus & the Problem of Evil

Jimmy Alfonso Licon engages in a little Santodicy for Christmas.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Articles]

How Can I Know Right From Wrong?

The following responses to this basic ethical question each win a random book.
[Issue 123: December 2017 / January 2018: Question of the Month]

News: October/November 2017

Philosophic Park: Beware of Intellectual Dinosaurs! • Robot Council jerks into motion • Scientists tamper with the stuff of life (again) — News reports by Anja Steinbauer
[Issue 122: October/November 2017: News]

Arresting Thoughts

Maeve Roughton asks if it’s becoming a crime to think the wrong thoughts.
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Articles]

The Morality of Getting Divorced

Justin McBrayer considers when divorce is morally permissable, and when it isn’t.
[Issue 120: June/July 2017: Articles]

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