Tag: ethics
If animals could speak, would we understand them?
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Turin, once briefly the capital of Italy, is famous today for its coffee, delectable hazelnut chocolate, Fiat cars, Juventus FC and the...
Bringing woolly mammoths back from extinction might not be such a bad idea — ethicists explain
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US startup Colossal Biosciences has announced plans to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from extinction and into the frosty landscape of...
Public protest or selfish ratbaggery? Why free speech doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s health
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Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in major Australian cities at the weekend, to protest the rolling lockdowns that have formed a...
India is facing a terrible crisis. How can Australia respond ethically?
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India’s COVID-19 crisis has revived a longstanding debate about whether foreign governments should come to the aid of countries facing major...
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 Commons
Researchers have successfully grown...
Are COVID vaccines vegan? Should I get one anyway? An ethicist explains
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Some 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...