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Thousands of third-party contract workers have been poring over private conversations recorded by Alexa-enabled devices (for the purpose of [...]
April 19, 2019
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In September 1935, the Nazi Party asked Bernhard Lösener to draft a large portion of the infamous Nuremberg Laws, which deprived Jews of [...]
December 5, 2018
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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 [...]
October 28, 2018
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Virtues (in the Aristotelian tradition) are qualities that humans alone bring to the world — and therefore explain, in some sense, why we [...]
January 1, 2018
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The autonomy principle says that you shouldn’t interfere with freely chosen, ethical actions of other people without informed or implied [...]
January 1, 2018
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The utilitarian principle says your action is ethical only if you can rationally believe that it maximizes the total expected utility of everyone [...]
January 1, 2018
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The generalization principle requires that the reasons for your action be consistent with the assumption that everyone with the same [...]
January 1, 2018
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My cousin has been helping a friend with depression for 6 months. However, my cousin started school recently and has a very busy schedule of 6 [...]
June 14, 2017
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A few years ago, I registered for a driver’s license in my home country. I signed up for the compulsory classes and exams, which were [...]
June 6, 2017
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My sister and her friends went to a private swimming pool at a fancy hotel. They had to pay an entrance fee but could stay as long as they [...]
June 4, 2017
Ethical Decisions 