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Author Archives: John Hooker

  • It is reported that half of Americans will refuse to be vaccinated for Covid-19. Is this ethical? To comment on this dilemma, leave a response. [...]

    Refusing Coronavirus vaccine

    August 24, 2020
  • Over 30,000 persons in 140 countries have volunteered for human challenge trials of Covid-19 vaccines, according to the organization 1Day [...]

    Human challenge trials

    June 27, 2020
  • Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a number of states and cities require customers who enter a store to wear a mask. Yet there is resistance.  Some [...]

    Masks and freedom

    June 16, 2020
  • Twitter recently posted warning labels on some high-profile tweets, on the ground that they incite violence or spread harmful misinformation.  [...]

    Warning labels on tweets

    May 31, 2020
  • People are saying that we are “past the peak” with Covid-19.  Given this, when is the right time to reopen the economy? To comment on this [...]

    When to reopen the economy?

    April 23, 2020
  • The Covid-19 pandemic is forcing us to look again at the ancient dilemma of triage.  Which patients should get priority when there is a shortage [...]

    Allocating scarce medical resources

    April 13, 2020
  • Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, sheltering at home when possible is a government mandate in some areas, and voluntary in others.  If it is [...]

    Is home stay an ethical obligation?

    March 28, 2020
  • Thousands of third-party contract workers have been poring over private conversations recorded by Alexa-enabled devices (for the purpose of [...]

    Eavesdropping through Alexa

    April 19, 2019
  • In September 1935, the Nazi Party asked Bernhard Lösener to draft a large portion of the infamous Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of [...]

    Collaborating with evil to avoid greater evil

    December 5, 2018
  • I pass the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh every day, on my way to and from work.  Yesterday, a gun-wielding assailant entered the [...]

    What can we do about hate?

    October 28, 2018

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