Yes, Lab-Grown Meat Is Vegan
I wish I came to veganism through an epiphany about the right to personhood of animals, or recognition of the environmental harm that animal farming causes. But I didn’t. What…
Stop Worrying About Whether Fitness Influencers Are on Steroids
Photo: Nikolas_jkd (Shutterstock) The best and the worst thing about social media is that it lets us compare ourselves to others. When it comes to athletes and fitness influencers, those…
How Can Society Prepare for the Moral Norms of Tomorrow?
One way of embracing this uncertainty is to adopt a stance of axiological open-mindedness toward the future. We can get a sense of what this might entail by considering how…
In Humanity’s Collective Unconscious, the Body Is a Bad Dream
The first images that I tried to generate from Dall-E Mini were of cartoon characters getting colonoscopies. The website, now called Craiyon, houses an artificial intelligence model that turns any…
How Dobbs Threatens to Torpedo Privacy Rights in the US
In future cases, the Supreme Court continued to acknowledge that its heightened protection for privacy rights was a product of substantive due process review while insisting that this was consistent…
It’s Time to Burn Medical Consent Forms
What could this look like? What could someone change today, right now, without having to gear up for a fight with lawyers about contract wording? Start with the artifacts–the physical…
Science Is Redefining Motherhood. If Only Society Would Let It
Karl, a PhD and lecturer at MIT, gave birth to both of his children—and despite being the one with the baby bump, he was routinely asked to wait outside while…
Why You Should Think Twice Before Sharing a Covid Diagnosis
I know three people recovering from Covid at the moment. I know this because they told me. That might not seem like a big deal these days, when a Covid…
When Doctors Cite ‘Regret’ to Deny Care, Who Is Really Protected?
Historically, physicians made decisions on behalf of their patients. That changed over the course of the 20th century, as the principle of informed consent took hold in medicine, and patients…
Recreational Virginity and the False Promise of Artificial Hymens
This Valentine’s Day, many couples will be displaying their affection with traditional gifts of the season: a bouquet of roses, a box of chocolates, a romantic meal out. Others may…