Should Big Tech Support National Defense?
Isaac Taylor discusses the dangerous influence of tech companies on national defence.
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The Public Ethics blog offers expert philosophical analysis of ethical issues in the news. It is published by the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace.
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Generative AI and Emotional Outsourcing: Deceiving Others and Ourselves?
Pascal L. Mowla dicusses the moral dangers of emotional outsourcing to AI
Planning for War’s Aftermath
How does having or lacking a postwar plan matter for the justification of resorting to war in the first place? David Clark discusses.
Grok Doesn’t Degrade Women—You Do! Deepfakes, Responsibility and Language
Jonas Haeg on the importance of language when discussing AI-assisted injustices
Sharing Atrocities: The Ethics of Posting, Tagging, and Live-Streaming Images of Mass Violence
Paul Morrow discusses the many moral pitfalls of sharing images of violence online
Shame as the Sentence: Unleashing the Public on Offenders
Guy Aitchison and Saladin Meckled-Garcia write about the ethical implications of naming and shaming as a form of punishment in light of the UK's new Sentencing Bill, Clause 35.
Office Without Accountability: Interference, Oversight, and Political Corruption in Trump’s Presidency
Emanuela Ceva and Maria Paola Ferretti discuss the nature and wrong of political corruption with a focus on Trump's second term.
Defamation in the Age of #MeToo
Adam Slavny examines defamation law in the #MeToo era and intricate issues surrounding truth, prejudice, and political speech.
The Right of Conquest: Ukraine, Gaza, and the Prize of Victory
Cian O’Driscoll explores the "the right of conquest" in modern conflicts such as Ukraine and Gaza.
Is consent always needed for chemical castration?
Tom Douglas discusses the ethics of mandatory chemical castration for sex offenders.