The abortion rights debate has moved on from freedom to choose – it is now about having available options, a bioethicist writes.
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Should people be compelled to take the vaccine? Should you feel guilty for skipping the line? And what about parts of the world where vaccines aren’t readably available? Ethicists have it covered.
Violence is a tough but necessary subject to address. Here are four articles on how to speak to your child about violence.
Am I really eligible? Isn’t there someone more worthy of getting immunized before me? A bioethicist explains that such feelings of guilt are understandable. In fact, they are good for society.
Teachers shouldn’t avoid this topic, no matter how uncomfortable it might make them to discuss it with children and teens.
Schools and colleges can teach political hope that can help citizens make better choices.
Urban adaptation to climate change is more effective where local citizens participate.
Election campaigns inspire hope, but they can also quickly lead to political despair. A scholar says young citizens can learn how to take positive action and stay hopeful.
While women’s sleep is affected by children, men’s sleep is affected by work and finance stress. Couples living in more gender equal countries have improved sleep quality.
Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan has called for a school boycott to change the nation’s gun laws and make schools safer. A scholar who studies protest explains how the boycott could work.
As part of preparing students to live in a democracy, schools should teach students how to engage in political dissent, a philosophy of education scholar argues.
Activists often face intransigent regimes and ruthless warlords. But women can use traditional insights into femininity and motherhood for political mobilisation and resistance.
‘Positive discrimination’ policies around the world are on the rise. What might other countries teach the U.S. about attaining racial, economic and gender equality in higher education?
Defaults are powerful tools that policymakers and marketers can use to nudge us to make certain choices, whether in our interest or in theirs. How do we ensure they’re used responsibly?
We asked five design experts – what's your favorite product of all time, and why?
Mega development projects can have a positive impact. But there are risks. Between 2004 and 2013, some 3.4 million people were ‘physically and economically displaced’ by World Bank projects alone.
Some suggest half of current jobs will be lost to automation over the next decade or two. But it’s far too early to pit man versus machine.
Giving cash directly to the needy is a growing trend, but in most cases it’s not nearly as effective funneling donations through a charity with ‘boots on the ground.’
The field of plasmonics has implications for integrated circuits, biosensors, other light-based technologies – even invisibility cloaks.
“Affirmative action won’t be around for much longer, ” said one of our professors twenty years ago, advising against writing a dissertation on this topic. The United States Supreme Court’s Schuette decision…
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PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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Director of the Center for Design Research and Innovation, University of Cincinnati
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Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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University of Cincinnati
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Bioethics, University of Cincinnati
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Associate Professor of Physics, University of Cincinnati
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Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati
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Associate Professor, Educator of Economics, University of Cincinnati
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Assistant professor (College of Nursing @ University of Cincinnati), University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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Assistant Professor of Management, University of Cincinnati
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Research assistant professor, University of Cincinnati
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Professor of Education and Affiliate Faculty in Philosophy, University of Cincinnati
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Adjunct Instructor and PhD Candidate in Regional Development Planning, University of Cincinnati
