Content on Ethics (Page 3)
Artificial Life: Worth Living? A Panel from the Genesis Project
What are the ethical implications of the latest developments in genetic engineering and the impact on improving the quality of human life?
Is Some Science Off Limits?
Why are morality, religious experience, and love topics that are often perceived as being beyond the scope of science?
Does Judaism Value the Natural over the Man-made?
Nature is not an end in itself. Humanity is needed to complete that which was created to enhance what is natural.
Making Mensches 2.0
Camp offers an ideal environment for character development. To harness the potential of this, we created a periodic table back in 2014 to develop a common language for this holy work.
Can Humans Create a Soul?
Is there some unique essence that separates natural-born humans from creations that seem to reproduce the same electro-chemical workings as the human brain (“a soul”)?
Science IS Resistance
The link between science and revolution goes at least as far back as the founding of our country.
John Oliver’s Holy Work
John Oliver’s debt forgiveness was holy work — and work that’s rooted in the Bible.
Is Gossip Always Evil?
Calling gossip “lashon hara” and translating it as “the evil tongue” might not be fair to the true purpose of gossip — after all, it can serve a real purpose.
How Can We Do the Most Good?
If we are aiming to truly change the world, we need to think more broadly and more rationally.
“The Genius of Good and Evil” – A Conversation with Michael Shermer at the 92nd St. Y
As part of the 92nd St. Y’s “7 Days of Genius” Festival, get to the very heart of right and wrong with Professor Michael Shermer and Rabbi Geoffrey A. Mitelman on “The Genius of Good and Evil.”
Science, Religion and the Moral Arc – An Interview with Michael Shermer
Is the world becoming more just? Michael Shermer, author of the new book “The Moral Arc” thinks so. But can science truly make the world better? And if so, what role does religion play?
A Moral Life? Or a Meaningful Life?
While meaning is certainly subjective, morality is also not completely objective, either.