ethics

Ugly History: The US syphilis experiment

How to be an upstander instead of a bystander

How technology changes our sense of right and wrong

Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's right

The philosophy of cynicism

Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding?

Why should you read "Crime and Punishment"?

How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person

How to motivate people to do good for others

What are the most important moral problems of our time?

Why the only future worth building includes everyone

3 principles for creating safer AI

Would you sacrifice one person to save five?

It's time to reclaim religion

What moral decisions should driverless cars make?

How to have better political conversations

Machine intelligence makes human morals more important

Gene editing can now change an entire species -- forever

The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars

A better way to talk about abortion

When to take a stand -- and when to let it go

The big data behind complex human emotions

What your doctor won’t disclose

Defining cyberwarfare... in hopes of preventing it

How reliable is your memory?

The neuroscience of restorative justice

Pool medical patents, save lives

The strange politics of disgust

What your designs say about you

Moral behavior in animals

Non-lethal weapons, a moral hazard?

Trust, morality -- and oxytocin?

Science can answer moral questions

How we read each other's minds

The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

A complicated hero in the war on dictatorship