Tag: ethics
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Why be nice?
Kindness and selflessness are widespread among both humans and animals. Many people donate to charity and feel significantly happier as a direct result of doing so. In the animal kingdom, many species show kindness by refraining from violence when settling conflicts. Instead they may use comparatively harmless fighting conventions. The benefits gained from receiving kindness…
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Being a psychopath. “Saving” people?
New research shows that people would sacrifice one person to save a larger group of people - and in addition, the force with which they carry out these actions could be predicted by psychopathic traits. The study, led by the University of Plymouth, compared what people 'said' they would do with what they actually 'did'…
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Unethical f***ing science!
Swearing is actually a sign of more intelligence - not less - say scientists. (source) In a controversial move, a senior US scientific committee has given the green light to one of the most contentious forms of genome editing: where genetic changes made to human embryos will then be inherited by following generations. For the…
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God is Dead. Along with some babies. The era of Enlightenment as an Era of Evil.
'We promised our little boy every single day that we would take him home', said the mother of little Charlie. We want to give him a bath at home, put him in a cot which he has never slept in but we are now being denied that. We know what day our son is going…
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The problem of Good… The problem of Evil… The problem as the Solution!
People talk about the problem of evil. But they never talk about the problem of good… wonders philosopher William James. We have learnt that the world is inherently good and we worry about the problem of evil? Or are we too blind to see the inherent evil of the cosmos so as to wonder about…
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