Socrates used to wonder whether virtue could be taught. But his concerns would have seemed priggish to most people today -- certainly to most academics. Of course virtue and ethics can be taught.

This spring, students in a data science class faced a challenging dilemma: Should they launch a facial recognition application that let unemployed people access their benefits—even though it often ...

Brian Patrick Green is the director of Technology Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. There are many ways to integrate ethical education into the software ...

Classroom materials for teaching about ethics and Laudato Si. This module provides selections from the encyclical Laudato Si', with background, specific discussion questions, and key points for ...

Students at two universities were tested to determine whether their commitment to ethics would correlate in a positive way with the final grade they earned in a safety course. Results of the study ...

Gordon Marino writes disparagingly about the teaching of ethics (“Before Teaching Ethics, Stop Kidding Yourself,” The Review, February 20), and some of his points are valid. However, to state that ...

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the April 2010 issue of Legatus Magazine. © Legatus. Reprinted with permission. In this issue I am taking time ...

This is a short paper covering my own views on the methods and reasons behind the teaching of medical ethics. All the whys and wherefores are discussed and some conclusions reached. This paper is ...

What do you think about synthetic biology? What about altering a baby’s genes? You likely had a stronger reaction to the second question. But do you know how the two are related? Emerging technologies ...

I volunteer at my child’s elementary school teaching ethics once a week. In my public-school system in Australia, parents can opt for ethics classes for their children instead of religious instruction ...