Is Terrorism Morally Distinctive?

When is amniocentesis morally licit?

What is Morally Right With Insider Trading

Insider trading per se is obtaining information from non-public sources—private acquaintances, friends, colleagues—and using it for purposes of enhancing one's financial advantage. As Vincent Barry explains, “Insider dealings refers to the ability of key employees to profit from knowledge or information that has not yet become public.” Sometimes such a practice can be conducted fraudulently, as...

Is terrorism a group phenomenon?

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Terrorist Group processes Case study Involvement vs. events This paper offers a critical review of the role of group processes in terrorist behavior. It draws on a fundamental distinction between terrorist 'involvement' and terrorist 'events' to explore what group phenomena might contribute to our understanding of actual terrorist behavior, as opposed to the cont...

Is the Publication of Exit Poll Results Morally Permissible?

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Is the creation of artificial life morally significant?

In 2010, the Venter lab announced that it had created the first bacterium with an entirely synthetic genome. This was reported to be the first instance of 'artificial life,' and in the ethical and policy discussions that followed it was widely assumed that the creation of artificial life is in itself morally significant. We cast doubt on this assumption. First we offer an account of the creatio...