Recently released disclosure forms from Aryeh Lightstone, top aide to ambassador David Friedman, reveal his connections to groups that have advocated for pro-Israel policy.
New research finds no relationship between ethical behavior and belief—or disbelief—in free will.
Could the objective assurance in correct answers mandated in mathematics education teach students to be similarly calculating and assured when it comes to daily moral conundrums?
William Emanuel has made decisions on NLRB cases that set beneficial precedents for clients represented by his previous employer.
Facing a shortage of space for inmates, Missouri's Greene County Jail opted to build an insta-prison in the parking lot. Is that OK?
MSNBC is discontinuing its annual tradition of replaying the network's breaking 9/11 coverage. Is that the best decision?
New research finds their moral reasoning resembles that of certain dementia victims.
Research tends to show that business school tanks ethical and moral standards. But a generational shift is offering new hope.
How the literary genres you prefer reveal—or shape—your sense of what is ethical.
The perception that one possesses the rare gift of creativity can lead to feelings of entitlement and, ultimately, unethical behavior.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of killing thousands of cormorants without even considering the ethics.
Researchers find that contemplating indiscretions in the past promotes ethical decision-making today.
Once you’re thinking imaginatively, it’s easier to come up with justifications for taking ethical shortcuts.
Genetically engineered babies raise a host of disturbing, science fiction-worthy ethical questions, but we have a more mundane and much more urgent issue to consider: safety.
New research suggests eye-tracking devices can be used to point us to one side or another of an ethical issue.
The stakes of the analysis are much higher when lives are on the line.
Players of an online survival game expressed guilt for killing, but less so for non-lethal actions that would result in a character’s death.
It seems like an easy question, but the indirect correlation between genetic mutations and disease risk muddles up the ethics.
Do reporters and editors have an obligation to get the story right—even if not the first time?
Researchers report people are more likely to behave in a morality-minded manner earlier in the day.
Facebook outing students. Google collecting personal information from wireless networks. A dating app used for stalking. The creators of a new three-day ethics program believe these incidents could have been avoided.
The controversy surrounding them probably isn't going anywhere, either.