In this episode of The Unknowns, host Charlie Stone interviews Jonathan Freedland, a Guardian columnist, award-winning ...

Stanford University political science professor Robert Reich gave a lecture on the subject of various ethical dilemmas surrounding public service. Reich explored three basic questions that touch on ...

Explore real ethical dilemma questions with examples for UPSC Ethics (GS4). Learn structured approaches, moral reasoning, and ...

This is an edition of Up for Debate, a newsletter by Conor Friedersdorf. On Wednesdays, he rounds up timely conversations and solicits reader responses to one thought-provoking question. Every Monday, ...

(Inside Science) -- If your car was in a lethal accident, would you prefer for it to kill one innocent bystander or five? By posing variations of this problem online to volunteers nearly 40 million ...

There are many schools of thought which offer a response to this question. Consequentialist ethics emphasize, not surprisingly, the consequences of our actions. Deontological theories focus on the ...

LOS ANGELES—December 14, 2009—Picture the following hypothetical scenario: A trolley is headed toward five helpless victims. The trolley can be redirected so that only one person's life is at stake.