All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool—a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the ...

In previous essays, we discussed ethics as a process of reflection and deliberation; an iterative and participatory process in which you look at your project from four different ethical perspectives: ...

Full disclosure: One of us works—and the other one did—in an applied ethics center. The definition and the role of ethics are, therefore, deeply important to us. We are fully aware, however, of the ...

From the beginning, the regulatory and public debate over biotechnology has been closely tied to the question of whether it matters what process is used to develop a product. Generally speaking, ...