Analysis and commentary on applied ethics in many fields by the staff of the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics
Pharmacy closures are a public health emergency in slow motion.
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Do chatbots sometimes lead their users to "break with reality"? And what might be done about it?
The deadly attack on our gift-giving ally, Qatar, exposes the dangerous precedent of accepting massive foreign donations.
We know that ethics is not just a moral imperative. It is a business strategy.
From an ethical standpoint, immigration law should be applied consistently and fairly, not selectively based on ideology.
While reasonable people may disagree about the best practical strategies to manage immigration and deportation, certainly a complicated issue, core ethical principles should be considered and followed at all times.
The current state of immigration in America reflects a systemic failure and only attention to addressing these long-term failures will set it on its correct path.
When agencies such as ICE target identity rather than conduct, they violate fundamental principles of governmental ethics: that law enforcement must serve all persons equally and that government power must be exercised impartially under law.
The Supreme Court’s decision in Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D. raises the question whether the United States is violating both international law and fundamental ethical norms.
We need to develop a shared sense of conscience that binds people together across divides and becomes the basis of a story that leads to the renewal of our political world.
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