so accomplished, and has done such great things for so many people that we should look the other way, just this once. This is a terribly dangerous mindset, because celebrities and powerful public figures come to depend on it. Their achievements, in their own minds and those of their support...
“Joseph Pugliese’s reconfiguration of biopolitics does not simply take the politics of populations and life and extend its range to include the more than human; the very threshold between the human and ‘other’ lifeforms falls away. What is revealed is a new political-legal ethics entirely: ...
No doubt about it, President Trump’s family set a record for speaking time at a national party convention. For Trump-haters—and this really is what we’re talking about in this section and nothing else—the display was nauseating. One of the inquirers pronounced this “Royal Family” beha...
Alex Jones really should be in prison, but the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech and the press means that it is perfectly LEGAL to tell lies for the sake of political propaganda. Which is why he and others like him have to be sued instead. Slander and libel are civil ra...
politics who hold quixotic simplistic utopian worldviews. To put it another way: Tolkien might have made it all possible, and set the standard for which epic fantasy could and should reach, and written really good stories — but others have overtaken him. George RR Martin is one such person....
I would never want to tell a story that really should be told by somebody who’s lived that experience. Having said that, it’s a slippery slope conversation because that means I could never play another straight character if I’m going to hold everyone to the letter of this particular la...
Research into autonomous intelligent systems and AI platforms evolving over time through self-learning from data currently raises a number of thorny ethical and legal issues. Advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning enable AI p
InDopesick,in this stage, the tragic dilemma takes shape: should we heal human pain at any cost? What is more unbearable? The everyday suffering from severe pain or a pleasurable death? Unmanageable pain as well as social and economic exclusion become the source of our heroes’ errors. The...
Media Ethics: Why We Should Care Hi there! My name is Jamie and I'm a 4th grader. Today I want to talk to you about something really important called "media ethics." It might sound like a big fancy word, but it's actually pretty simple and super duper important for all of us! Be...
Of course, we know why there’s so much of it. True crimers are insatiable, drinking up stories of humanity’s lowest lows every hour of every day. And yet, true crime is not just entertainment. These are real stories of real people in really terrible moments — and that comes with...