Philosophy & Ethics
- Telling Right From Wrong: Why Is Utilitarianism Under Attack?
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It is a word we hear from time to time, but few of us know what it means. Utilitarianism is the method most people use to decide whether an action is right or wrong. We decide the moral merits of what we do on whether the consequences of that action are go ...
Article - The Conversation - May 5 2025 - 4:43pm
- Brain Organoid Research Shows Science Academia Needs Stronger Ethical Oversight
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As the Trump administration continues to make significant cuts to NIH budgets and personnel and to freeze billions of dollars of funding to major research universities – citing ideological concerns – there’s more being threatened than just progress in sci ...
Article - The Conversation - May 9 2025 - 9:34am
- Editorial: This Week’s LA Non-riots
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A Facebook friend opined that Los Angeles protesters could “turn LA into another Portland.” I expand for you my rejoinder to his post: ...
Article - Fred Phillips - Jun 9 2025 - 6:03pm
- True Health Initiative: How Epidemiologists Walter Willett And Frank Hu Use Targeted Harassment To Prevent Criticism
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The True Health Initiative (THI) describes itself as a nonprofit devoted to “fighting fake facts and combating false doubts to create a world free of preventable diseases, using the time-honored, evidence-based, fundamentals of lifestyle and medicine.” Th ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 20 2026 - 2:00pm
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