Teens are questioning the suggestion that they can’t get their stories straight and that abusive behaviour is to be expected at their age. Here teens from the 1980s pose for a time capsule.
Vintage Everyday
Last week's hearing with Brett Kavanaugh raised questions about how responsible we are for our youthful actions. A legal scholar says that youthful inexperience doesn’t let us off the hook.
The scene in Las Vegas several days after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history.
AP Photo/Gregory Bull
The hotel company filed an unprecedented lawsuit against the victims of the mass shooting in Las Vegas last October, arguing it has immune from liability under federal law.
Probes that can transmit electricity inside the skull raise questions about personal autonomy and responsibility.
Hellerhoff
Where does responsibility lie if a person acts under the influence of their brain implant? As neurotechnologies advance, a neuroethicist and a legal expert write that now's the time to hash it out.
An artist’s impression of Tiangong-1 in orbit.
Aerospace Corporation
China's space station Tiangong-1 is about to crash back to Earth any day now. It's out of control too so no one really knows where it will land. So what if it hits you or your house?
Uber’s self-driven Volvo SUV was flipped on its side after a collision in Tempe, Arizona, US, in March this year.
Reuters/Fresco News/Mark Beach
There is much debate on the ethics of artificial intelligence machines that are designed to kill. But who's responsible when a non-lethal AI system causes damage, harm or even death?
Could politicians and scientists in the future be charged with “climate negligence”?
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Society generally has a clear idea of what constitutes a crime, and those in positions of power are usually held to very high standards. Politicians charged with making decisions on the needs of society…