A Boston orphanage may shut down due to lack of funding, and officials estimate 20% of the children will not be placed in new homes and could be euthanized. Shocking? Yep. True? Well, no. However, substitute “orphanage” for “zoo” and “children” for “animals” and you’ve got yourself an appalling story. I’m not at all a…

People keep sending me the oddest ethical issues. Like this one, which came by way of a pal living in Prague. She stumbled across a blog post written by a guy who had been invited to–get this–an abortion party. After blogging about his experiences and his reaction, I found myself having my own. Holy ovaries,…

I scared myself a bit today – while I’ve always prided myself for being independent enough to see past the ol’ Republican/Democrat divide, I’ve never actually experienced a time in which my gut (as opposed to my head) agreed with an outspoken Republican. I’m referring to New York Representative Peter King, who finds it repugnant…

Recently, I put out a call amongst my acquaintance for their everyday ethical dilemmas. A friend brought me a great one–What do you do when someone at work is a racist? The gist of her email (which she asked me not to share both to protect the parties’ privacy and her position at the medical…

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