ethics issues


A private matter between a woman and her vending machine?

Mary Rice Hasson | 15 February 2012 |
tags: morning after pill, universities
Developments on a university campus suggest it is time for the Supreme Court to update its famous definition of abortion.


A Valentine message to college students

Shirene Urry | 14 February 2012 |
tags: Love and Fidelity Network, marriage, sexual behaviour
Sexual choices now may make a difference in desirable life outcomes later.


Bombs across the border

Jacob Shively | 10 February 2012 |
tags: just war, Pakistan, US foreign policy
The US makes a strong case that its military interventions in Pakistan are just and legal. Whether they’re good is another question.


Lost in Transition III: A collective challenge

Thomas Lickona | 09 February 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism
Who is to blame for the moral ignorance of young adults, and what is to be done?


Lost in Transition II: An accurate picture of youth?

Thomas Lickona | 02 February 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism
We cannot stake too much on one study of young adult moral attitudes.


Lost In Transition: I

Thomas Lickona | 26 January 2012 |
tags: books, emerging adults, moral relativism
What's the matter with today's emerging adults?


No carnival for Costa Concordia captain

Constance Kong | 24 January 2012 |
tags: business ethics, leadership
Who’s really culpable in one of the most avoidable disasters of recent maritime history?


Has Europe lost its soul?

Jonathan Sacks | 19 January 2012 |
tags: Christianity, economic crisis, Judaism
Stabilising the Euro is one thing, healing the culture that surrounds it is another, says the Chief Rabbi of the UK.


Vatican’s controversial plan for financial reform

David J. Peterson | 19 January 2012 |
tags: global financial crisis, Vatican
“Economic liberalism”, based on utilitarianism and materialism, is the root cause of the global financial crisis, Catholic scholars argue.


“Tax me please, I’m rich!”

Vincenzina Santoro | 18 January 2012 |
tags: debt crisis, taxation, USA
If they are so keen, why don’t they just give it to the government anyway?


Movie morality is plummeting

William West | 10 January 2012 |
tags: censorship, films, teenagers
Film censors are allowing teens to access much more explicit content and few parents seem to care


3 New Year’s resolutions (I’d like other people to follow)

Zac Alstin | 06 January 2012 |
tags: civility, language, New Year's resolutions
Unsolicited advice from a stalwart MercatorNet contributor.


A moral roadmap for European renewal

Alejo Jose G. Sison | 16 December 2011 |
tags: democracy, European identity, natural law
Nothing less than a return to the foundations of justice in nature and reason will do.


Is it true? Is it kind? Is it necessary?

Joanna Bogle | 01 December 2011 |
tags: cyberbullying, internet, media ethics
In the age of the Internet there is only one way to get rid of tabloid tactics.


Professing at the podium

Alma Acevedo | 16 November 2011 |
tags: higher education, post-modernism
The problem with some professors is that they only seem to know one thing: problems.


Contraceptives mandate would make cowards of us all

Carolyn Moynihan | 11 November 2011 |
tags: conscientious objection, contraception, religious liberty
A White House edict tells us to ignore our conscience when we go to work. Bernie Madoff should ask for a retrial.


Are Americans anti-science?

Michael Cook | 04 November 2011 |
tags: science, US
No, they just don't like arrogant, undemocratic scientists.


The team and the star

Max Torres | 17 October 2011 |
tags: baseball, business ethics, management
The 2010 winner of the World Series, the San Francisco Giants, acquired superstar Carlos Beltran and sank like a stone. Why?


Are character strengths enough?

Kevin Ryan | 14 October 2011 |
tags: character education, democracy, moral relativism
Teaching virtues to school children is only one part of handing on our moral heritage.


The end of tolerance

Zac Alstin | 07 October 2011 |
tags: Britain, morality, tolerance
The illusion that moral diversity is a viable social strategy is at its last gasp.


Daleks are utilitarians, but are utilitarians Daleks?

Richard Umbers | 06 October 2011 |
tags: Doctor Who, utilitarianism
Psychology researchers may have discovered a disturbing angle to utilitarian reasoning.


Remote warfare can cut both ways

Paul Rogers | 03 October 2011 |
tags: drones, warfare
A greater focus on armed drones in war by the United States and its allies raises questions of political cost as well as law and morality.


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