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Drivers Beware: The Ethics of Law Enforcement Technology
Is it ethical for police to use ALRP camera systems? How should we balance the benefits to public safety while mitigating the risks to public privacy?
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Public Health and Private Data: The Ethics of Using Digital Contact Tracing for COVID-19
What concerns arise when we use digital contact tracing to fight COVID-19?
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“I Do Solemnly Swear”: The Ethics of Medical Education in the Time of COVID-19
At what point does a physician-in-training assume “special obligations” to society, particularly “the duty to treat” patients?
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“There Must Be No Deserters”: COVID-19 and the Ethics of Mass Quarantine
Are there any circumstances under which mass quarantine would be morally permissible or required?
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Poverty Simulation Programs: Experience in Empathy or Offensive Gamification?
Could poverty simulations offer a way to cultivate empathy or is it merely social gamification of the stresses of poverty?
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Corporate Sharing of Genetic Data: Data Goldmine or Pandora's Box?
Is it permissible for genetic data analysis companies to sell their clients' genetic data?
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Should We Kill Humanity’s Greatest Killer? The Ethics of Mosquito Eradication
It is now within our power to eradicate humanity’s greatest killer: the mosquito. But should we exterminate another species to reduce human suffering?
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Beer Cans and Cancel Culture: The Ethics of the Carson King Case
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Reality TV and Real Ethics: Love Island and the Ethics of Relationships
What ethical complexities arise from consensual surveillance and televised relationships?
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A Hairy Problem: The Ethics of Woolly Mammoth De-Extinction
Should we use cutting-edge genetic technology to resurrect the woolly mammoth?
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Ethics in a Cage? Shark Cage Diving and the Ethics of Ecotourism
What are the ethical problems with shark tourism and ecotourism in general?
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