Author Archives: Impact Ethics
Trust Is Not a Communication Strategy: Why Transparency is an Ethical Obligation
Transparency is often treated as a tool for building public trust. Bryn Williams-Jones argues that it is first an ethical obligation to the public.
The M Case: Death Caused by Base Editing
Renzong Qiu tells the story of the death of a six-year-old girl, a research participant in a base-editing gene therapy trial in China, and argues that research participants’ interests should never be overridden by scientific or social interests.
Considerations of “Sharenting” a Child’s Cancer Story Online
Rachel Howard introduces the practice of “sharenting” and considers the ethical considerations of this practice within the pediatric oncology context, and the potential role of pediatric oncologists.
Protecting Youth Autonomy in an Age of Misinformation
Hunain Fatima Khan shows that a balance is needed between regulating misinformation online for the benefit of young people, and facilitating their autonomy
Canada’s Complicity in the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins
Andrew Fenton outlines the Government of Canada’s failure to live up to Canadian law on cetacean captivity and raises doubts about merely extending efforts to phase out the captivity of other large mammals.
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