Nassim Taleb Calls Me an 'Idiot' - You Decide Who Wins GMO Debate
Taleb's anti-GMO precautionary nonsense is unethical and harms poor people
Ethics
Would You Buy A Self-Driving Car That Would Kill You To Save Others?
The problem of programming ethics into autonomous vehicles
Campaign Against Sex Robots Launches, Because Some People Will Panic About Anything
Two brave researchers tackle the imaginary menace of robot prostitution.
Hey Bioethicists, Stop Treating Us Like Dim-Witted Children!
Let us decide for ourselves if genetic ignorance is bliss.
Science Works: And The Deaf Hear Video
Art was the first neurotechnology: A feel-good video to start your weekend
Actually We Should Encourage Women Who Have Abortions to Donate Fetal Tissue to Science
Researchers have used fetal tissue in developing lifesaving medical treatments including the polio vaccine.
Pope Francis Really Hates Modern Technology and Economic Progress
Which is unfortunate since only technological progress and economic growth can effectively address environmental problems
Ronald Bailey Hangs Out WIth the Bioethicists at the BEINGS 2015 Summit
Is life better than death; health better disease; wealth better than poverty? Opinions vary.
Block Biotech Progress or Embrace It? Bioethicists Debate What's to Come.
Is progress itself an ethical obligation? Opinions vary.
Lobbyists Can Legally Screw Politicians in North Carolina, Says Ethics Commission
No, they don't mean that figuratively.
Ronald Bailey Argues that Warbots Could Be More Moral than Human Soldiers
So let slip the robots of war?
Let Slip the Robots of War
Lethal autonomous weapon systems might be more moral than human soldiers.
Ronald Bailey Reviews The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Does energy equity trump climate moralizing?
Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty: Still Worthy After All These Years
Readers who are eager to get on to Rothbard's discussion of the Nonaggression Principle may be tempted to skip the part on natural rights. Don't do it!
Supreme Court Extends Whistle-Blower Protections to Contractors
Such as law firms and accountants
Should Parents Be Allowed To Know Their Fetus Will Get Alzheimer's?
The moral case for designer babies
Ex-Journalist Steven Glass' Bid to Become a Lawyer Fails
California won't grant scandal-written writer a license
Libertarian Moral Standards Apply to Everybody
How much easier it would be to bring others to the libertarian position if we realized that they already agree with us in substantial ways?
Iowa State Senator Resigns over Ethics Issues Connected to Paul, Bachmann Campaigns
Investigator concludes he broke ethics rules by getting monthly income from Bachmann's PAC in 2011
Philly Councilwoman Drops Plans for Fundraiser to Pay Debts
Including fines imposed by ethics board
DOJ Never Investigated Ethics Complaints by FISA Judges
Over misleading statements about extent of NSA surveillance
Mass. State Senator to Resign Over Ethics Fight
Commission says his stake in an airline company is a conflict of interest
IRS Puts Two on Leave over Expensive Conference
Allegedly beginning process of terminating them
South Carolina Senator Resigns Amid Ethics Scandal Involving Sex Toys
Accused of using campaign funds to make purchases at adult store
Foundation Regrets Paying Disgraced Journalist for Speech
$20,000 from organization devoted to quality journalism
Ethics Panel Investigating Two Congressmen
Charges not yet specified, but both have been accused of wrongdoing
Hung Jury in Mass. Treasurer Corruption Trial
Accused of using taxpayer-funded lottery ads to help unsuccessful gubernatorial run
