Introduction Sooner or later, most law students encounter the idea that "transparency" (as opposed to "opaqueness") is (all else being equal) a desirable characteristic in markets, procedures, and ...

It explores what makes actions right or wrong and examines concepts such as justice, virtue, and the good life. Ethical theories, such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, provide ...

Your DNA may predict more about you than the way you look. According to the genetic theory of aging, your genes (as well as mutations in those genes) are responsible for how long you'll live. Here's ...

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Kirk Lougheed argues that active euthanasia (here ‘euthanasia’) is impermissible for people who are extremely sick and cannot exercise their vital forcei because (1) exercising vital force does not ...

Intelligence stems from brain-wide connections, not specific regions, according to JMU researchers. Their findings challenge established theories, highlighting the brain’s complexity. A new study ...

Russell deplored the idea, and thought it was taking philosophy in terrible directions.” As well as arguing Wittgenstein had made a conceptual wrong-turn, Russell believed the Austrian’s ...

The Legal Theory Lexicon already includes posts on Deontology and Utilitarianism--representing two important families of ethical theory. This week, the Lexicon provides an introduction to virtue ...

Matt Patches is an executive editor at Polygon. He has over 15 years of experience reporting on movies and TV, and reviewing pop culture. Some of the chatter on /r/GTA7 teeters into speculation ...

Here I propose the ‘Creation Game’, inspired by the Turing test, to assess the capacity of artificial intelligence for human-like creativity, focusing on its potential for scientific discovery ...