Tag: ethics
Vaccine passports may be on the way – but are they...
Yara M. Asi, University of Central Florida
After a year of canceled concerts, closed-door sporting events and restricted air...
In Texas, price gouging during disasters is illegal – it is...
Elizabeth Brake, Rice University
In Houston, as millions suffered power and water outages, food shortages and subfreezing temperatures, another...
The morality of feeling equal empathy for strangers and family alike
Brendan Gaesser, University at Albany, State University of New York and Zoë Fowler, University at Albany, State University of New York
The year 2020 has...
Only the richest ancient Athenians paid taxes – and they bragged...
Thomas Martin, College of the Holy Cross
In ancient Athens, only the very wealthiest people paid direct taxes, and these went to fund the city-state’s...
What Day of the Dead tells us about the Aztec philosophy...
Lynn Sebastian Purcell, State University of New York College at Cortland
Growing up in the United States, I remember on Halloween my mother used...
Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading...
William S. Lynn, Clark University; Arian Wallach, University of Technology Sydney, and Francisco J. Santiago-Ávila, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A number of conservationists claim cats are...
Ethical challenges loom over decisions to resume in-person college classes
Neta C. Crawford, Boston University
By early July, about 80% of U.S. campuses were planning to resume at least some in-person instruction, even as a...
Everyday ethics: Should I be taking unemployment insurance?
Lee McIntyre, Boston University
A lot of people are facing ethical decisions about their daily life as a result of the coronavirus. Ethicist Lee McIntyre...
EXPLORING NATURE
New study measures titanium in Apollo rock to uncover Moon’s early chemistry
Advik D. Vira, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emily First, Macalester College
The Earth and the Moon may look...
