The Aristotelian Vulgarity of Billionaires in Space
Can virtue ethics help put appropriate words to a lingering doubt and spell out the antipathy we feel?
Space: The Immoral Frontier?
Can the broad consensus on the "necessary" nature of space travel find a moral justification?
Medical Challenge Trials: Time to Embrace the Challenge?
Are there any good moral reasons for refusing to experiment with willing participants in the face of an emergency?
What Morgellons Disease Teaches Us about Empathy
What kind of compassion and consideration can be shown to those we do not believe and lack the ability to trust?
Autonomy, Euthanasia, and Non-Terminal Patients
What constraints, if any, should we place on the freedom to pursue physician-assisted suicide, especially when it comes to those whose reasoning may be impaired?
The Knowledge Norms of Emotions
Emotions seems to only be appropriate after all the facts have come in, making uncertainty a major obstacle to catharsis.
Ethical Considerations in the Lab-Leak Theory
Why the skepticism regarding the original suggestion, and what dangers surround the investigation now?
Re-Thinking the Nature of Bodies
The promise of organ printing raises important questions about how we understand our physical makeup.
Biden, Trump, and the Dangers of Value-Free Science
Science merely provides a tool, it's up to us to give weight to all the inputs and outputs.
Underrepresentation in Clinical Trials and COVID-19
Our dedication to the value of efficiency means that the historically marginalized stay marginalized.