Author Archives: impact ethics
Needed: More Honesty About Death Before Donation
L. Syd M Johnson examines the controversies surrounding death before organ donation and how current organ procurement practices may foster distrust and discourage donation.
Why Buckingham’s Tenure is Small Stakes in a Big Game
Eric Newstadt argues that we should worry about the way that Universities are being transformed from institutions of higher learning into corporate training grounds that produce flexible workers and forms of knowledge that can be packaged, sold, and used to generate profit.
Mutual Dependency and the Ethics of Home Birth
Katharine Wolfe suggests that recognizing the interdependent aspects of a mother and a child’s welfare may help to change how home birth is viewed.
Electronic Cigarettes: Should We “Tar” Them With Same Brush As Regular Cigarettes?
Jacquelyn Shaw weighs the case for Canadian regulation of e-cigarettes in light of the FDA’s recent announcement
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