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Recent Ethics Articles
What happens when corporate money enters the political sphere? The stakes are especially high today as debates about money's influence on democracy dominate headlines and shape public policy.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization returned abortion policy to the states, creating a patchwork of total bans and gestational limits. Extremes in abortion policy raise serious ethical concerns, but a partial framework with clear gestational limits and essential exceptions offers a more balanced approach that better supports justice and the common good.
Rebranded as “prediction markets”—platforms where people trade on the likelihood of future events—this form of betting has moved beyond sports into elections, climate disasters, and geopolitical conflicts.
Recent Ethics Cases
A Study in Health Care EthicsTianyu Tan, biology major, highlights facts about the Rabies virus and exploring ethical issues regarding diagnosis, access, and the high cost of obtaining necessary rabies treatments.
A case study investigating the interaction between virtual and real objects in a mixed-reality environment and its impact on cognitive load and task performance.
A case study investigating the development and application of a haptic interface system utilizing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) to generate virtual touch sensations within a Virtual Reality (VR) environment.
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Internet Ethics: Views From Silicon Valley
Internet Ethics Director Irina Raicu comments on privacy, big data, access, and other issues.