In practice when we are faced with an ethical dilemma, we seldom think it through from first principles. We usually draw on existing experience and past judgments. Making a sound ethical judgment is ...

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics has introduced a new set of case studies that explore challenging mental and behavioral health situations. These scenarios address topics such as patient ...

Shy-Drager syndrome, one type of multisystem atrophy, is considered a Parkinson's-plus syndrome. Survival time is less than a decade from the onset of symptoms, and patients usually become physically ...

This entry is co-authored by Aaron S. Richmond, Ph.D., who is a faculty member at Metropolitan State College of Denver and a nationally known educator. A few weeks ago he told me about an exercise he ...

Meira L. Levinson is the founder of EdEthics, an initiative that aims to develop a global field of educational ethics by creating case studies and professional development programs. By Maeve T.

These case studies are designed to be used as part of ethics education in chemistry. The case studies were written for use in workshops or classrooms where each scenario can be read by the ...

Ethics is not confined to UPSC GS Paper IV. It lives in everyday decisions—resignations, compromises, and even algorithms.

You are the nurse and advocate. You are standing between the patient's wishes and the physician's decision. How would you handle this situation? Is the patient correct to wish for the best quality of ...

The story of Occidental Engineering, which is fictional but hardly implausible, illustrates several important points about ethics. First of all, ethics is normative. That is, it involves making ...