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How insects could be more conscious than we realize

Last summer, a cabbage white butterfly laid its eggs on an arugula I was growing. Before long, the plant was swarming with green caterpillars, well disguised against the green leaves. I h...

Can artificial intelligence be ethical?

Last month, AlphaGo, a computer program specially designed to play the game Go, caused shockwaves among aficionados when it defeated Lee Sidol, one of the world’s top-ranked professional ...

Why does extreme altruism make people feel uncomfortable?

More than 40 years ago, in an essay entitled “Famine, Affluence, and Morality,” I invited readers to imagine that they are walking past a shallow pond when they see a small child who has ...

How will the Paris climate negotiations determine the future of the planet?

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How the Pope is calling for improved animal rights

The philosophical problem of Magna Carta

How can we make life-saving drugs available to all?

Can we really be motivated by altruism?

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Should governments ever pay ransoms?

The ethics of fighting Ebola

Scotland and Catalonia: a right to secede?

Is the United States fatally flawed?

Dethroning king coal