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Can Animal Experiments Be Done on Computers?
Explore the ethics and benefits of using computer models instead of animals in experiments.
“This Hypothetical is Unrealistic” is not a Valid Objection — LessWrong
Whenever a discussion touches ethics, philosophy, or relates to guiding principles, hypotheticals become useful. We cannot investigate every idea wit…
Is There a Solution to the Problem of Moral Luck? · Flipso
A philosophical look at moral luck, arguing that luck can distort blame and praise, and that a be...
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Paper argued it's 'morally obligatory' to engineer ticks to spread alpha-gal syndrome … as a philosophical exercise
The philosophy paper appeared in Bioethics, a journal that explores urgent ethical questions in biomedical and life sciences.
What If We Will Stop Destroying People Because Medicine Is Not Ready Yet? — LessWrong
> Yesterday the death was reclassified. In the morning, she signed the consent form to preserve her husband. > > The doctor signed a line "No return…
LinguaCelta: The Community is the Achievement; the Achievement is the Community
Previous Next The Community is the Achievement; the Achievement is the Community An ethical love-letter to distributed technology communities. Talking to tech...
[2605.29230] Toward Ethical Facial Age Estimation: A Generalized Zero-Shot Benchmark Without Training on Children's Data
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.29230: Toward Ethical Facial Age Estimation: A Generalized Zero-Shot Benchmark Without Training on Children's Data
Teaching engineers ethics in the ‘Age of Algorithms’
Join us as we explore why AI should be embraced, not feared, in classrooms, and how ethics must be embedded across engineering curricula.
Should we allow people who aren’t terminally ill to undergo medically assisted dying?
Are people suffering from a persistent, debilitating, and apparently incurable psychiatric condition, such as incapacitating suicidal depression, entitled to ph...
The three ethical traps that destroy change leaders
The danger of 'ethical fading' and what to do about it
The people who actually want AI to replace humanity
Here’s how humanism should respond to transhumanism, posthumanism, and AI successionism.
[2605.28647] The Ethics of LLM Sandbox and Persona Dynamics
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28647: The Ethics of LLM Sandbox and Persona Dynamics
[2605.28707] Beyond Binary Moral Judgment: Modeling Ethical Pluralism in AI
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2605.28707: Beyond Binary Moral Judgment: Modeling Ethical Pluralism in AI
Pope Leo’s AI Warning Isn’t Just For Catholics
Pope Leo XIV released an encyclical letter: a document written for the spiritual direction and moral guidance of Catholics throughout the world.
Judge who called herself 'ultimate authority' gets suspended over racist comments to white clerk * WorldNetDaily * by Cristina Laila, The Gateway Pundit
Formal complaint also accuses her of delaying cases so she could walk her dog
Married federal judge repeatedly had courthouse sex with law enforcement officer, complaint alleges
A married federal judge admitted to having sex with a law enforcement officer inside courthouse chambers after initially denying the affair, a judicial miscondu...
Pope Creates AI Study Group in Preparation For First Encyclical
Pope Leo XIV has created a study group on artificial intelligence, the Vatican said Saturday, as he gears up to release his first encyclical.