Competition between corporations drives innovation and development. But when it comes to artificial intelligence systems, the prevention of harm should be more important.
The federal government needs a transparent, merit-based process for all public appointments
Sightseeing buses at a pullout popular for taking in views of North America’s tallest peak, Denali, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, in 2016.
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People make decisions throughout their lives about their health. But when they are terminally ill they are not allowed to decide when they want to die.
Business schools are starting to emphasize societal impact.
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Despite being the subject of criticism and negative news, business schools do a lot of good for society, a veteran business professor explains in a new book.
Four basic principles guide the field of medical ethics.
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A bioethicist explains the four ethical principles that guide medical practitioners’ thinking about abortion, such as autonomy and justice.
A visitor pays respects at a memorial created outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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People penalized for violating a group’s shared rules could go on to disrupt its functioning, out of revenge. Two scholars suggest a way of imposing rules.
Advertising encourages consumption, including products and activities that use large volumes of fossil fuels.
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison says every COVID death is a terrible loss but Australians want to move on. Here’s how ethics can shape our response to this stage of the pandemic.
Most of us love chocolates, but child labor has been found involved in some of the production.
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An anthropologist writes that despite best efforts, there is no guarantee that children may not have been exploited in the production process of chocolate.
Debate about abortion is often a debate about rights – but whose?
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The recent case of a man making a simulation of his deceased fiancée raises important questions: while AI makes it possible to create “deadbots”, is it ethically desirable or reprehensible to do so?
By linking different issues together, organisations show the importance of approaching information disorder as a complex problem requiring various responses.
According to the authors, investment banking is a sector particularly prone to unethical behaviour.
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The regulatory apparatus designed to oversee investment banking is structurally flawed. To spawn ethical behaviour within traders will require nothing less than a sector-wide cultural change.
An algorithm is the centerpiece of one criminal justice reform program, but should it be race-blind?
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Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children's Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford
Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney