The Ethicist | I'm going to a party held by some friends who have young children. Is it still ok to snort cocaine off their toilet seat?
February 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The Ethicist | I'm going to a party held by some friends who have young children. Is it still ok to snort cocaine off their toilet seat?
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jill Clark has joined our Advisory Committee!
February 17, 2026 at 5:18 PM
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Jill Clark has joined our Advisory Committee!
A reader asked the Ethicist: Our son has a low-risk cystic-fibrosis-related condition. For future pregnancies, we’re debating using IVF with genetic testing to select against that gene variant but worry doing so would border on eugenics. nyti.ms/4tHJh6z
February 17, 2026 at 4:10 PM
A reader asked the Ethicist: Our son has a low-risk cystic-fibrosis-related condition. For future pregnancies, we’re debating using IVF with genetic testing to select against that gene variant but worry doing so would border on eugenics. nyti.ms/4tHJh6z
The Ethicist | I voted for Trump purely out of racial animus and want no part of his tariffs. Can I manipulate my tax return to claim deductions on all the import duties I had to pay against my will?
February 17, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The Ethicist | I voted for Trump purely out of racial animus and want no part of his tariffs. Can I manipulate my tax return to claim deductions on all the import duties I had to pay against my will?
As an ethicist I have some problems (from an organizational ethics perspective) with the notion that K-level funding or else is specifically required. I'm not sure it was ok in previous grant regimes, but now?!?! 🤔
February 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM
As an ethicist I have some problems (from an organizational ethics perspective) with the notion that K-level funding or else is specifically required. I'm not sure it was ok in previous grant regimes, but now?!?! 🤔
lrp the fact that "a/i ethicist" is a real profession now is killing me but yea i think she's right
February 16, 2026 at 10:37 PM
lrp the fact that "a/i ethicist" is a real profession now is killing me but yea i think she's right
Hey, @edzitron.com & @coolzonemedia.bsky.social I think Catharina Doria might be a good guest for, well, pretty much any of the shows on Coolzone, not just #BetterOffline. Her work as an ethicist crosses intersectionality with most all of the subjects CZM discusses.
Catharina Doria on Ring
February 16, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Hey, @edzitron.com & @coolzonemedia.bsky.social I think Catharina Doria might be a good guest for, well, pretty much any of the shows on Coolzone, not just #BetterOffline. Her work as an ethicist crosses intersectionality with most all of the subjects CZM discusses.
Catharine Doria, AI ethicist has an interesting but excellent analysis of why AI is being so heavily shoved into our faces.
www.instagram.com/cahdoria/ree...
Also, how long before people start burning down the AI data centers in self defense to save our planet & humanity?
www.instagram.com/cahdoria/ree...
Also, how long before people start burning down the AI data centers in self defense to save our planet & humanity?
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Catharine Doria, AI ethicist has an interesting but excellent analysis of why AI is being so heavily shoved into our faces.
www.instagram.com/cahdoria/ree...
Also, how long before people start burning down the AI data centers in self defense to save our planet & humanity?
www.instagram.com/cahdoria/ree...
Also, how long before people start burning down the AI data centers in self defense to save our planet & humanity?
February 16, 2026 at 3:46 AM
You’re essentially a rationalist realist with pragmatic determinism, a contextual ethicist, and a civilizational optimist:
You see reality as knowable, indifferent, and structured, but humans are biased and context-bound
You see reality as knowable, indifferent, and structured, but humans are biased and context-bound
February 16, 2026 at 3:05 AM
You’re essentially a rationalist realist with pragmatic determinism, a contextual ethicist, and a civilizational optimist:
You see reality as knowable, indifferent, and structured, but humans are biased and context-bound
You see reality as knowable, indifferent, and structured, but humans are biased and context-bound
An all time great ethicist www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/m...
Is It Wrong to Remove a Card From Monopoly?
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February 15, 2026 at 7:41 PM
An all time great ethicist www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/m...
Ethicist Robert Trivers in the Epstein files
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February 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Ethicist Robert Trivers in the Epstein files
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In the latest Ask an Ethicist column in #SGIMForum, Drs. Kaplan, Berger, and Khawaja, MD tackle one of the most difficult clinical and ethical challenges we face: managing conversations about brain death when families refuse confirmatory testing.
👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/8cLfsoE
👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/8cLfsoE
February 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM
In the latest Ask an Ethicist column in #SGIMForum, Drs. Kaplan, Berger, and Khawaja, MD tackle one of the most difficult clinical and ethical challenges we face: managing conversations about brain death when families refuse confirmatory testing.
👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/8cLfsoE
👉 Read the full article here: buff.ly/8cLfsoE
Hate isn't love's opposite, according to a religious ethicist, but rather a reaction to threats against what we love. Reframing love as a virtue instead of just a feeling could transform how we respond to hatred. buff.ly/zwxPPmI
More than a feeling – thinking about love as a virtue can change how we respond to hate
Love and hate seem like obvious opposites – but for philosophers of virtue, it’s not so simple.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Hate isn't love's opposite, according to a religious ethicist, but rather a reaction to threats against what we love. Reframing love as a virtue instead of just a feeling could transform how we respond to hatred. buff.ly/zwxPPmI
Cancellations for Milo Rau: Shortly before the start of the theater project “Trial Against Germany” in Hamburg, publicist Leonie Plaar and philosopher and AI ethicist Rainer Mühlhoff withdrew their participation in protest over the casting. backstageclassical.com/absagen-fuer...
Absagen für Milo Rau - BackstageClassical
Kurz vor Beginn des dreitägigen Theaterprojekts Prozess gegen Deutschland am Hamburger Thalia Theater haben die Publizistin Leonie Plaar und der Philosoph und KI-Ethiker Rainer Mühlhoff ihre Teilnahme...
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February 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Cancellations for Milo Rau: Shortly before the start of the theater project “Trial Against Germany” in Hamburg, publicist Leonie Plaar and philosopher and AI ethicist Rainer Mühlhoff withdrew their participation in protest over the casting. backstageclassical.com/absagen-fuer...
The Ethicist| I was adamant Hunter Biden was a monster for snorting coke; but the innovative use of toilet seats by RFK Jr. has me questioning my views around cocaine. How can I own the libs in this issue without getting called out?
February 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
The Ethicist| I was adamant Hunter Biden was a monster for snorting coke; but the innovative use of toilet seats by RFK Jr. has me questioning my views around cocaine. How can I own the libs in this issue without getting called out?
i hasten to add this is a descriptive, empirical project. i'm responsibly leaving the normative matters to my ethicist colleagues
February 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
i hasten to add this is a descriptive, empirical project. i'm responsibly leaving the normative matters to my ethicist colleagues
I'm not ontologically anti-smoking
I'm anti-smoking and anti-tobacco-being-legal-to-sell because from a utilitarian standpoint (even though I'm generally a virtue ethicist) not only harms the smoker but harms other people as well through secondhand smoke
I'm anti-smoking and anti-tobacco-being-legal-to-sell because from a utilitarian standpoint (even though I'm generally a virtue ethicist) not only harms the smoker but harms other people as well through secondhand smoke
February 13, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I'm not ontologically anti-smoking
I'm anti-smoking and anti-tobacco-being-legal-to-sell because from a utilitarian standpoint (even though I'm generally a virtue ethicist) not only harms the smoker but harms other people as well through secondhand smoke
I'm anti-smoking and anti-tobacco-being-legal-to-sell because from a utilitarian standpoint (even though I'm generally a virtue ethicist) not only harms the smoker but harms other people as well through secondhand smoke
"AI ethicist warns of terminator/matrix/robot apocalypse."
Even apocalyptic scaremongering feeds the narrative that LLMs are intelligent and therefore not garbage tools that take up energy and resources.
Even apocalyptic scaremongering feeds the narrative that LLMs are intelligent and therefore not garbage tools that take up energy and resources.
February 13, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"AI ethicist warns of terminator/matrix/robot apocalypse."
Even apocalyptic scaremongering feeds the narrative that LLMs are intelligent and therefore not garbage tools that take up energy and resources.
Even apocalyptic scaremongering feeds the narrative that LLMs are intelligent and therefore not garbage tools that take up energy and resources.
Even shocking to this former US law enforcement officer, now a Professor at a famous Irish college.
February 12, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Even shocking to this former US law enforcement officer, now a Professor at a famous Irish college.
Awww
‘Arthur Caplan, a medical ethicist at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine who also wasn’t involved, tells the outlet that the idea of vaccine beer could worsen growing antivaccine sentiments. “This is not the place for do-it-yourself’
I knew this was too good to be true […]
‘Arthur Caplan, a medical ethicist at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine who also wasn’t involved, tells the outlet that the idea of vaccine beer could worsen growing antivaccine sentiments. “This is not the place for do-it-yourself’
I knew this was too good to be true […]
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February 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Awww
‘Arthur Caplan, a medical ethicist at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine who also wasn’t involved, tells the outlet that the idea of vaccine beer could worsen growing antivaccine sentiments. “This is not the place for do-it-yourself’
I knew this was too good to be true […]
‘Arthur Caplan, a medical ethicist at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine who also wasn’t involved, tells the outlet that the idea of vaccine beer could worsen growing antivaccine sentiments. “This is not the place for do-it-yourself’
I knew this was too good to be true […]
I’m an ethicist not a social scientist, but I think that’s broadly correct. If your paper needed clearance from an IRB, you should state so up front, as well as limitations, either self- or IRB- imposed, as well as how that shapes your interpretation.
February 12, 2026 at 1:43 PM
I’m an ethicist not a social scientist, but I think that’s broadly correct. If your paper needed clearance from an IRB, you should state so up front, as well as limitations, either self- or IRB- imposed, as well as how that shapes your interpretation.
A former US law enforcement officer's letter on the ethics of Ireland supplying fuelling facilities to US ICE deportation flights at Shannon. #ethics
February 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
A former US law enforcement officer's letter on the ethics of Ireland supplying fuelling facilities to US ICE deportation flights at Shannon. #ethics