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A business ethicist explores whether cannabis stocks fit in with a socially responsible approach to investing.
Catnip can induce changes in cat behavior. An expert argues that giving it to cats raises questions about human power and animal autonomy.
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.
Football plays an important role in American culture. Experts point out some ethical questions you might consider asking this season.
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.
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 explains why there is no one answer. Some pain is devastating, and sometimes such pain responds well to opioids. On the other hand, there is evidence that some physicians overprescribe.
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Assistant Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State
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Professor, University of Oregon
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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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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota Duluth
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Professor of Philosophy, Arizona State University
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Lecturer of Philosophy, Arizona State University
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Professor, Department of Kinesiology, Sport Studies and Physical Education, The College at Brockport, State University of New York
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy & Disability Studies, Georgetown University
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Associate Professor of Human-Animal Interaction, Tufts University
