ethics
Are we all wicked children?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 22, 2024
(RNS) — I like wicked and rebellious children. They make me think.
How many deaths …?
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 19, 2024
(RNS) — As Marvin Gaye sang: 'War is not the answer.' A new book asks: Is it ever the answer?
50 years after Roe, many ethics questions shape the abortion debate: 4 essential reads
By Molly Jackson — January 19, 2023
(The Conversation) — Looking at the underlying philosophical and moral questions involved in abortion debates can help explain why it’s such an intensely divisive issue.
Many people lie about their resume. Why George Santos’ case is different.
By Beth Kissileff — January 9, 2023
(RNS) — Does the rationale for a lie hold up when it comes to politicians, in particular, George Santos, the congressman-elect from New York who is facing scrutiny for fabricating much of his resume?
The Jewish word that no one uses anymore
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 28, 2022
(RNS) — A word that comes straight out of the Jewish moral vocabulary list. Sometimes, it is about our own families.
Why celebrities have a moral responsibility to help promote lifesaving vaccines
By Tina Rulli — April 20, 2022
(The Conversation) — An ethicist argues that choices made by celebrities could impose unjustified risk of harm on others.
Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines
By David Crary — January 10, 2021
(AP) — One outspoken foe of abortion based in Dallas, Southern Baptist megachurch pastor Robert Jeffress, has called the vaccines a "present from God."
Who should get COVID-19 vaccine first?
By Charles C. Camosy — November 30, 2020
(RNS) — Giving a healthy 17-year-old supermarket cashier a vaccine before a 67-year-old with diabetes and asthma cannot be defended.
Yes, we rationed care at the height of the pandemic and the elderly paid the price
By Charles C. Camosy — June 18, 2020
(RNS) — With the coming decision about who gets the first doses of lifesaving drugs, we will have the rare immediate second chance to acknowledge our mistake and reverse course.
Ethical vegans in UK win court protection for their creed
By Catherine Pepinster — January 8, 2020
LONDON (RNS) — A ruling in an alleged wrongful termination case said that ethical veganism qualified as a philosophical belief under the U.K.'s Equality Act 2010.
Trump’s tweets and actions aren’t good fruit — or moral
By Matthew Arbo — December 31, 2019
(RNS) — A recent essay by theologian Wayne Grudem lists 20 achievements that he believes reflect well on the president’s character. It's also possible in a few of these achievements to see corruption.
Peter Singer on why we don’t help the global poor and why we should
By Charles C. Camosy — December 5, 2019
(RNS) — 'To live an ethical life it's not enough to refrain from lying, stealing or killing,' says the renowned bioethicist. 'We have to assist people who lack the necessities they need to survive.'
My friendship with Peter Singer 10 years on
By Charles C. Camosy — November 21, 2019
(RNS) — As Peter Singer's influential 2009 book 'The Life You Can Save,' is reissued in a 10th anniversary edition, our Catholic ethicist reviews his unlikely friendship with the champion of abortion rights.
To save the planet, we need faith, ethics, science and economics
By Thomas Reese — September 25, 2019
(RNS) — Responding to climate change requires a moral vision that puts the poor and future generations on an equal footing with ourselves.
There is more than one religious view on abortion – here’s what Jewish texts say
By Rachel Mikva — May 23, 2019
(The Conversation) — Although the Hebrew Bible does not mention abortion, a discussion of miscarriage in Exodus suggests that a fetus has a different status.
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