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The Dolphin Trainer Who Loved Dolphins Too Much
Dolphin trainer Ashley Guidry loved her job and the animals she worked with—in particular, a dolphin calf named Chopper. But years of seeing how business was done behind the scenes...
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Targeted Killing: The New Questions
Providing a glimpse of the Obama administration’s internal debate about a possible targeted killing of a US citizen, a Brooklyn terrorism case points to the many questions about the program that remain unanswered. By David Cole
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Moral injury — the quiet epidemic of soldiers haunted by what they did during wartime
By Amanda Taub
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Game theory’s cure for corruption
Seen through game theory, cancer and police corruption are pretty much the same thing. And for one of them, there’s a cure. By Suzanne Sadedin
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Lotteries: America’s $70 Billion Shame
People spent more money playing the lottery last year than on books, video games, and tickets for movies and sporting events combined.
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The Strange Case of the Forgotten Gitmo Detainee
Abu Zubaydah was tortured and waterboarded by the CIA—but his troubles really began when his case arrived in a D.C. courtroom.
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I Went to Prison After Exposing US Torture. Why Weren’t the Perpetrators Charged?
By John Kiriakou
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Morality and the Idea of Progress in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s amorality problem arises from the blind faith many place in progress. The narrative of progress provides moral cover to the tech industry and lulls people into thinking they no longer need to exercise moral judgment.
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Nebraska lawmakers ban death penalty, by enough to override veto
The death penalty may be holding on by its last thread in Nebraska.
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The hard problem: Tom Stoppard on the limits of what science can explain
Can evolution explain acts of kindness, and morality? We arranged a debate between a sceptical Tom Stoppard and the evolutionary biologist David Sloan Wilson. Stuart Jeffries acted as referee
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Are Only Humans Rightly Free? The Case for Animal Rights
Ahead of a possibly history ruling [today], a lawyer, a philosopher and a research scientist passionately explain why animals deserve the right to bodily freedom.
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The Evolutionary Roots of Altruism
Do altruistic groups always beat selfish groups? A new book says they do.
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Catholic Archdiocese in Minnesota Charged Over Sex Abuse by Priest
A criminal case accuses Catholic leaders of St. Paul and Minneapolis of misdemeanors in the handling of complaints about a priest who is now in prison.
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Out of Spite: The Governor of Nebraska’s Threat to Execute Prisoners
After his state abolishes the death penalty, Governor Pete Ricketts vows to apply it to the ten inmates still on death row.
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The Limits of German Guilt
Since Germany and Israel established diplomatic ties 50 years ago this month, the relationship has become a solid one. But historic guilt is no longer adequate to compel Germany to support Israel’s wrongheaded policies – especially when those policies are victimizing another group, the Palestinians.
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The Good, The Bad and The Robot
Experts Are Trying to Make Machines Be “Moral.” By Coby McDonald
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The Real Lesson of the Stanford Prison Experiment
Was one of psychology’s most controversial studies about individual fallibility or broken institutions?
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A Horrifying Day at Court
Death brings out the worst in the justices.
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US government gives research chimps endangered-species protection
The decision will prohibit most research on captive animals.
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Today’s Senate Vote on Torture Is a Moral Test
America failed to stop prisoner abuse after 9/11–and failed to punish the abusers. Will we at least take this small step toward making future torture less likely? By Conor Friedersdorf.
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