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Author Archives: John Hooker

  • 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
  • Virtues (in the Aristotelian tradition) are qualities that humans alone bring to the world — and therefore explain, in some sense, why we [...]

    Virtue ethics

    January 1, 2018
  • The autonomy principle says that you shouldn’t interfere with freely chosen, ethical actions of other people without informed or implied [...]

    Autonomy principle

    January 1, 2018
  • The utilitarian principle says your action is ethical only if you can rationally believe that it maximizes the total expected utility of everyone [...]

    Utilitarian principle

    January 1, 2018
  • The generalization principle  requires that the reasons for your action be consistent with the assumption that everyone with the same [...]

    Generalization principle

    January 1, 2018
  • 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 [...]

    How much sacrifice for a friend?

    June 14, 2017
  • 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 [...]

    Bribe for driver’s license

    June 6, 2017
  • 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 [...]

    Forgot to pay for food

    June 4, 2017

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