ethics
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ARTS/CULTURE FEATURES
If animals could speak, would we understand them?
Image: Wikimedia commonsTurin, once briefly the capital of Italy, is famous today for its coffee, delectable hazelnut chocolate, Fiat cars, Juventus FC and the...
BIOLOGY
Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain
Image: ShutterstockUS startup Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from extinction and into the frosty landscape of...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health
Mick Tsikas/AAP ImageThousands of demonstrators took to the streets in major Australian cities at the weekend, to protest the rolling lockdowns that have formed a...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
India is facing a terrible crisis. How can Australia respond ethically?
Picture: Rafiq Maqbool/AP/AAPIndia’s COVID-19 crisis has revived a longstanding debate about whether foreign governments should come to the aid of countries facing major...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
Researchers have grown ‘human embryos’ from skin cells. What does that mean, and is it ethical?
A human blastocyst. Researchers have now created ‘model’ versions of this early embryonic structure by reprogramming human skin cells. Harimiao/Wikimedia CommonsResearchers have successfully grown...
BODY/SOUL/SPIRIT
Are COVID vaccines vegan? Should I get one anyway? An ethicist explains
Picture: ShuttlestockSome of my vegan friends are reluctant to get the COVID-19 vaccine.These vaccines do not contain animal products. Yet animals were used to develop and test...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism
Picture: AAP/AP/ John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPxTerrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
Don’t blame cats for destroying wildlife – shaky logic is leading to moral panic
Are cats really to blame for the worldwide loss of
biodiversity? Dzurag/iStock via Getty Images Plus
A number of conservationists claim cats are a zombie...
CONTRIBUTORS AND BLOGGERS
Coronavirus is a huge story, so journalists must apply the highest ethical standards in how they tell it
Picture: Wes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND
From an ethical perspective, covering the coronavirus story is really hard to do well.The reason for this lies in an...
ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLE/FASHION/NEWS
Sunday essay: on being an ethical vegan for 33 years
The author in his vegetable patch. Wendy Kinsella
I live in a vegan family situation. I have been a vegan for over 33 years...
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