
Ethics – The Conversation


For over a century, baseball rejected gambling to preserve the game’s integrity. Now, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says embracing gambling will do the same.

Struggling to feel grateful? Try thinking differently about what caused the person’s actions.

An ethicist who studies disagreement and civility assumed she could handle a neighborly dispute – until the neighbor refused to even interact with her.

Ordinary people, not just technical experts, need to set the moral standards for regulation of AI.

But blockchain and other technology could improve traceability in supply chains.

Other communication techniques can help move disagreement past attacks and sound bites.

An ethics process must not become so preoccupied with the potential harm of participation that it overlooks the certain harm of exclusion.


Has our culture’s begrudging acceptance of ghostwriting paved the way for everyone – not just the rich and famous – to offload the hard work of writing?

Global soccer was in the doldrums in the early 1990s – with poor ethics and boring defensive tactics. Then FIFA set about changing the game.

What should we call the words that this ultramodern technology produces? For clues, a professor looks to some of the world’s earliest authors.

