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http://www.foolishpeople.com/foolishpeople/2006/08/vs_bigots.html To rip them off...sounds like fun, but?

Did anyone else catch the Martin Rees article, Dark Materials in The Guardian (10th June 2006)? The article concentrates on the fascinating life and accomplishments of Joseph Rotblat, highlighting the moral responsibility of scientists. However, not sure I agree with the following paragraph...

Greetings Fellow Colleagues I am pleased to announce the recently issued U.S. patent concerning ethical artificial intelligence entitled: Inductive Inference Affective Language Analyzer Simulating Artificial Intelligence (patent No. 6,587,846) by inventor/author John E. LaMuth M. S. As...

"Ethical" bank asks anti-homosexual “Christian” group to take its business elsewhere I've just come across this news piece:http://www.guardian.co.uk/gayrights/story/0,12592,1513449,00.html What I've found very amusing about this report is that the Co-Op says it is because "...Christian...

Amusing, if ballsy, teen goes on experiment to see how far recruiters will go to sign a drug addicted high school drop out. Got it on tape/video. The kid sounds like a great candidate for some kind of civil service. I just can't decide which.

In a article a homeopath complains,(http://www.sciencedirect.com click "journal", then "h", then "homeopathy", volume 93, issue 4, page 186-189) that in that the practioners taking part in a trial are hindered in their performance by the uncertainess, whether the "medicine" had not the expected...

As I am very new to JREF Forum I expect to be throughly flamed on this thread but I am compelled to ask. If one finds a web site that advocates say, child abuse or pedophilia, murder or sexual abuse of the weak, can one ethicly hack the site and attempt to take it down ? This does not include...

I have two questions on my personal behavior. Last night at a 7-11 ( Quicky mart ) I found a $10 bill. I picked it up and looked around for anyone looking like they lost something. Nothing. I went into the store and hung around for 10 mins. to see if anyone would come in looking for their lost...

Title says it all really; which ethical system do you personally feel is the 'best'. I have to say that I've plumped for Virtue Ethics; believing that it is individuals that make the difference not the rule or decision making making system they live in. Following from that I have to plump for...

I mean software which you would normally be expected to pay for. Or would it necessarily always be unethical? BTW p2p means one of these file sharing utilities, such as kazaa, or eDonkey, eMule etc, so you can share files with anyone in the world. Comments please :)

You are a prospective blood donor who lives in Australia. In Australia, blood is given on a purely voluntary basis, you don't get money for donating blood (you get free drinks and finger-food, but that's it). Your blood type is a common one, and so consequently it is the one most in demand...

So, I'm taking this class on Computer Ethics and as part of the introduction to the subject were reviewing several different philosophical ethics. The first one being Ethical Relativism, which is a fairly familiar one to this board. Both the prof and the text book pretty much discounted...

Okay, so I'm curious about everyone's general ethical theory. I have descriptions of the major schools of thought below to assist you in determining which more accurately describes your views. I think those are the predominant schools of ethical thought, though I haven't really encountered...

SEE UPDATE ADDED Nov 25, 2003. and much appreciated. I am the co-supervisor of a PhD student. He is at best an "ordinary" student and has required much guidance. This has included the co-supervisor and me writing large portions of his thesis proposal. The other day, I was doing a lit...

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