Philosophy & Ethics

Individualism And Collectivism

In discussing individualism and collectivism it needs to be clear that this represents overall philosophical perspectives that aren't confined to simple economic or political interpretations.  Rather these ideas permeate human society, its interactio ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Sep 1 2009 - 5:03pm

Introduction

Science has the power to enlighten, create and heal.  Science has helped decode the mysteries that surrounds us and translate that knowledge into objects are useful and possess a great amount of utility.  There is a darker side to all this. To quote one of ...

Blog Post - Sina Kashefipour - Aug 20 2009 - 5:12am

The Lockerbie Injustice

The Lockerbie Injustice To those victims’ relatives who can bear to hear me say this: they continue to have my sincere sympathy for the unimaginable loss that they have suffered. To those who bear me ill will, I do not return that to you. Abdul Ali al-Meg ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 19 2009 - 5:01pm

Networks Are Killing Science

Here's a little exercise in scientific thinking. What's wrong the approach to science described in the following passage? (This passage, about applying network analysis to counterterrorism, is taken from the complex systems special feature in th ...

Article - Michael White - Aug 22 2009 - 2:42pm

Just War, Part I: Overview of Jus ad Bello, Jus in Bello, and Jus post Bellum

Just War is the area of ethics that used in determining when a nation can legitimately go to war, legitimate and ethical behavior in war, and finally the legitimate way to end a war. Just War criteria helps us determine whether a particular war is just or ...

Blog Post - Sina Kashefipour - Aug 23 2009 - 5:37pm

Internet Privacy- Social Media Giving Out Personal Information?

If you have a Facebook page (we do) or any social media account, you may post varying amounts of personal information you want to share online with family, friends and colleagues- but a new study presented recently in Barcelona at the Workshop on Online So ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 24 2009 - 2:24pm

National Enquirer, Citation Distortion, And Freaky-Deaky Butterfly Sex

Sometimes people are attracted to strange things. I still have trouble figuring out how people procreated in the 1970s and 80s- the hair, the moustaches, boys wearing those teeny short shorts- yuck. Apparently, butterflies are no different. Or so says a re ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Oct 23 2009 - 9:45am

Definitions, Definitions- What They Mean In Science

Scientists are often assumed to be obsessed by definitions. After all, if you cannot  precisely  define a concept, say what a planet is, or what a biological species is, you literally don’t know what you are talking about, and how can you then possibly do ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Aug 26 2009 - 9:53am

Informed Consent And Conflict Of Interest Disclosures- Some Basics

Informed consent is tricky business because there are disagreements about what informed consent can mean outside the country of the company conducting the trial and people will grant a lot of consent if they believe a treatment can help them, which can le ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2009 - 5:18pm

An Introduction to New History: Coincidence

    In December of 2006, two coinciding events occurred.  Saddam Hussein's death was youtubed and Bill Gates published an article in Scientific American called "A Robot in Every Home".  It was a telling time in that two public 'medias&# ...

Blog Post - Eric Bock Hyde - Aug 27 2009 - 12:52am