Many Americans are fretting over paying their taxes. A philosopher says the moral question isn’t as much about a duty toward the government, but being fair to fellow tax-paying citizens.
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Three philosophers put up a booth at the entrance to a New York City subway, so people could come to them with questions. They got hit with some real zingers.
A philosopher argues that moral responsibility for past transgressions can actually change over time. The test lies in how deeply an individual has changed.
Catnip can induce changes in cat behavior. An expert argues that giving it to cats raises questions about human power and animal autonomy.
When large companies move into an area, the result is often gentrification. When this happens, the economic and social costs for displaced residents is typically high.
Billboards spreading misinformation on the risks of vaccination have popped up around American cities. A bioethicist explains why decisions not to vaccinate children are indefensible.
American spending on pets is more than the combined GDP of the 39 poorest countries in the world. What if even a small percentage of this spending was allocated to reducing suffering, asks a philosopher.
Football plays an important role in American culture. Experts point out some ethical questions you might consider asking this season.
Images of famine or poverty are often used by human rights groups to galvanize support. And they often do. The ethics of these images is a more complex story.
An expert argues why the anonymous op-ed in The New York Times can hardly be considered an act of civil disobedience and why it might make things even worse in the Trump administration.
Several companies are trying to develop life extension methods that could enable some people to live far longer. There are some ethical dilemmas.
The coworking company, WeWork, has banned meat, citing an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint. For centuries, philosophers have made a moral case against meat-eating.
Sports fans are of two types: purists and partisans. The attitudes of both can affect the game. An expert explains which one you are and what that means.
Middle-class houses in the US have grown ever larger. The average single-family home is almost twice the size of a home in the 1960s. It’s time to consider the downsides of sizing up.
While people often want to cheat in certain cases if it would benefit them, they also want to think of themselves as honest. Here are three steps to stay honest while filing taxes.
The biggest ethical challenges for self-driving cars arise in mundane situations, not when crashes are unavoidable.
From asking a partner to pick up dinner on the way home to checking in on a neighbor with health problems, we frequently face the question, ‘What’s the best way to communicate?’
A scholar suggests a few approaches that have withstood the test of time.
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Professor of Philosophy, Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University
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Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University
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Professor of Architecture; Affiliate Faculty, Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State
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Lecturer of Philosophy, Arizona State University
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Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor of Philosophy, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Professor Emerit, University of Oregon
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
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Professor of Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University
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Assistant Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
