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    Are all lives equal?

    AUGUST 10, 2012 11:47AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: animals, belief/religion, ethics, blaise pascal, blaise pascal invented the calculator yet this is what amazes me most about him, cats, life, death, death penalty, occult, witchcraft, history

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    • 79 Ratings
    • 3990 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Is Freedom of Press under Attack in Montréal?

    MAY 23, 2012 8:27PM

    By FusunA


    Topics: corruption, police brutality, censorship, charest government, ethics, freedom of speech, montreal, quebec, student riots, open call, bill 78

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 2913 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Komen’s Nancy Brinker Should Explain or Step Down

    FEBRUARY 9, 2012 8:27AM

    By Steve Klingaman


    Topics: health, charity, scandals, nonprofit management, ethics, business, susan g. komen for the cure, race for the cure, planned parenthood, karen handel, nancy brinker, “promise me”, huffington post, amanda terkel, cliff stearns, npr board chairman dave edwards, james o’keefe, ron schiller, vivian shiller

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 4478 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Journalism School No Longer Will Teach Ethics

    DECEMBER 22, 2011 1:59PM

    By Arthur Louis


    Topics: republicans, democrats, politics, ethics, journalism

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 1143 Views
    • 29 Comments
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    The Ultimate Spoiler: Knowing Your Own Probable Longevity

    MAY 19, 2011 6:00AM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: biological age, health, impact, ethics, longevity, tests, science

    • Editor's Pick
    • 10 Ratings
    • 2427 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    A Close Approximation of an Almost True Fact

    MAY 5, 2011 8:28AM

    By Kate Geiselman


    Topics: open call, mortifying disclosures, teaching, writing, osama bin laden, social networking, plagiarism, ethics, martin luther king, jr., mark twain, quotations

    • Editor's Pick
    • 20 Ratings
    • 2401 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Newt Gingrich offers a moron test to America’s Christians

    MARCH 11, 2011 7:57AM

    By Jimmy Zuma


    Topics: newt gingrich, christians, president, ethics, video, christian network, obama, gingrich award, decency, indecency, moron, jimmy zuma

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 3662 Views
    • 37 Comments
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    Computers in Jeopardy!

    FEBRUARY 15, 2011 11:10AM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: technology, philosophy, computer power, human reason, joseph weizenbaum, jeopardy!, television, competition, turing test, decision-making, logic, ethics, trust

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 1853 Views
    • 18 Comments
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    I Sold A Dating Membership to a Midget ... Almost

    JANUARY 27, 2011 9:36AM

    By Stacey Keith


    Topics: dating services, great expectations, corporate greed, modern living, ethics, relationships, dating

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 2367 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    U.S. Government Apologizes for Syphilis Experiments

    OCTOBER 1, 2010 4:00PM

    By Catherine Forsythe


    Topics: syphilis, experiments, ethics, government, public heath, guatemalans

    • Editor's Pick
    • 17 Ratings
    • 10203 Views
    • 26 Comments
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    When Helping is an Ethical Quandary

    AUGUST 31, 2010 4:56AM

    By Iris Mónica Vargas


    Topics: interpreting, physicians, physician, medical team, healthcare, helping, ethics, nurses, health, facebook, providers, heathcare, hospital, medical school, doctors, drunks, iris monica vargas, open salon, medical interpreting

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 1307 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    The discovery of the artificial life

    MAY 21, 2010 3:15PM

    By Gianni Falcone


    Topics: ethics, dna, salon cartoon saturday, craig venter, cells, artificial life

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 3793 Views
    • 24 Comments
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    Indian Tribe Wins Settlement Against University for Research

    APRIL 27, 2010 9:48AM

    By Linda Shiue


    Topics: news, american indians, native americans, dna, legal, informed consent, ethics, research, arizona, grand canyon, havasupai

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 3896 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Re: Charlie Rangel. Why Even Have an Ethics Committee?

    MARCH 3, 2010 2:41AM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, house ethics panel, ethics, democrats, nancy pelosi, chairman rangel, representative rangel, charlie rangel

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 2889 Views
    • 16 Comments
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    Writing About Patients: Is it Ethical?

    JANUARY 20, 2010 9:31AM

    By Danielle Ofri


    Topics: doctor-writers, morals, ethics, confidentiality, writing, doctor-patient relationship, patient, doctor, medicine

    • Editor's Pick
    • 9 Ratings
    • 5985 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Suicide: a love story

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2009 7:04AM

    By AmyTuteurMD


    Topics: ethics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 45 Ratings
    • 3258 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Military Leaders: Grow Up and Let Them Tell

    JUNE 27, 2009 1:21PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: gay, dont ask dont tell, don't ask don't tell, don't tell, dont tell, don't ask, dont ask, politics, code of honor, ethics, religion, belief, belief and religion, panel, courage campaign, hearing, support, letter of support, letter, petition, choi, dan choi, lt. dan choi, army, boyfriend, who one loves, who he loves, partner, lover, soldier, tribunal, honesty, honor, duty, national security, fluent in arabic, arabic, iraq war veteran, veteran, iraq war, military academy, west point, transaltor, moral and professional dereliction, professional dereliction, moral dereliction, dereliction, unconscionable, civil rights, lesbian rights, gay and lesbian rights, gay rights, lesbian, dishonorable, honorable, fire, trial, discharged, discharge, our country, serve our country, service, serving, serve

    • Editor's Pick
    • 4 Ratings
    • 870 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The H1N1 Hurricane

    MAY 8, 2009 8:12AM

    By Heather Michon


    Topics: vaccine, poverty, ethics, h1n1

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 1216 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    No Confidence in Keller: Judge Must Resign or Recuse Herself

    MAY 1, 2009 2:52AM

    By JoeinAustin


    Topics: jurisprudence, death penalty, due process, politics, news, ethics, court of criminal appeals, texas, impeachment, death row, capital punishment, judge sharon keller

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 5222 Views
    • 30 Comments
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    Academics Sling Mud

    MARCH 29, 2009 8:24PM

    By rahul k. parikh


    Topics: science, ethics, lexapro, medicine, health, phil fontanarosa, catherine deangelis, ama, jama, edmund leo, vital signs, rahul k parikh

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