Memories of Unethical Behavior Fade Over Time
This amnesia helps us restore our positive self-image, and allows us to engage in further cheating. By Tom…
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Why Creative People Go Bad
The perception that one possesses the rare gift of creativity can lead to feelings of entitlement and, ultimately, unethical behavior.
Why Aren’t Ethics and Morality Considered Relevant in Debates Over Wildlife Culls?
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of killing thousands of cormorants without even considering the ethics.
Ethical Decisions Aided by Temptation
Researchers find that contemplating indiscretions in the past promotes ethical decision-making today.
Creative Thinking Can Inspire Unethical Behavior
Once you’re thinking imaginatively, it’s easier to come up with justifications for taking ethical shortcuts.
Designer Babies Aren’t Coming Anytime Soon
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.
Morals Can Be Manipulated
New research suggests eye-tracking devices can be used to point us to one side or another of an ethical issue.
The Ethical Risks of Detecting Disease Outbreaks With Big Data
The stakes of the analysis are much higher when lives are on the line.
Zombie-Infested Virtual World Reveals Our Ethical Blind Spots
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.