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Articles by subject: ethics

Test-tube truths (by Kenan Malik, May/June 2011 )
Should science guide our moral decisions? Kenan Malik puts Sam Harris's latest argument under the microscope
Blood and guts (by Owen Hatherley, March/April 2011 )
Dublin Science Gallery’s latest exhibition Visceral crosses the boundaries between art and biology. Owen Hatherley pays a stomach-churning visit
No nonsense: Laurie Taylor interviews Mary Warnock (by Laurie Taylor, September/October 2010 )
Philosopher Mary Warnock tells Laurie Taylor why religion and politics shouldn’t mix
"To forgive, divine?" (by Eve Garrard, September/October 2010 )
Is forgiveness just for the devout? asks Eve Garrad
Truth, hope and light (by Susan Neiman, July/August 2009 )
The language of morality has been hijacked by the Right and the religious, argues Susan Neiman. It’s about time those who value reason took it back
Moral dilemmas (by Steven Lukes, March/April 2009 )
Do we have the right to judge others? Steven Lukes reviews the evidence
Getting better all the time (by John Harris, November/December 2007 )
Genetic modification of humanity isn't just possible, argues John Harris. It's a moral duty.
Animal Wrongs (by Finn Bowring, March/April 2004 )
Would you eat test-tube lamb? asks Finn Bowring
Bones of contention (by Robert Foley, January/February 2004 )
Robert Foley on why science still needs anthropological remains
Cloning: a choice for the future (by Richard Norman, Spring 2002 )
Professor Richard Norman looks at the issues - both fears and hopes - surrounding reproductive cloning.
Humanist Web (by Dan Bye, Spring 2002 )
Dan Bye looks at ethics on the web.
Thoughts on Animals (by Julian Baggini, Summer 2001 )
Philosopher Julian Baggini asks who should speak for the animals
Ethics of the Embryo (by John Harris, Spring 2001 )
John Harris on the stem cell controversy
Art or puffery? A defence of advertising (by Winston Fletcher, Web Exclusive, June 2008)
An adman for almost 50 years Winston Fletcher explores the art, and ethics, of the sell
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