Everyday Ethics News Today

Questions about how to ethically train different kinds of pets depend on the nature of those animals’ inner lives and their abilities to learn.

We pay scant attention to our many, little daily decisions, yet they shape our lives, our world. Start with the awareness that each choice has a moral dimension

With the news that all U.S. adults are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the holy grail of infectious disease mitigation – herd immunity – feels tantalizingly close. If enough people take the vaccine, likely at least 70% of the population, disease prevalence will slowly decline and most of us will safely get back to normal. But if not enough people get vaccinated, COVID-19 could stick around indefinitely. The urgency of reaching that milestone has led some to claim that individu...