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Ethics

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Ethics.

Video playlists about Ethics

Curator's Picks: Top 10 TED Talks of 2017

The most notable talks of 2017, chosen by TED Curator Chris Anderson.

Alternate timelines of the future

What could be, may be with these talks exploring the implications of tech we're developing now.

Faith in the modern world

An exploration of faith’s place in our current, tumultuous times.

New tech, new ethics

With technical advancement comes great ethical responsibility. In these talks, life-altering feats of science make us ask: How could we mess this up?

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Talks about Ethics

Carissa Véliz

Beware the power of prediction

Michael Vazquez, Sarah Stroud

The infamous JoJo thought experiment

Tariq Al-Olaimy

The spiritual wisdom we need for a planet in crisis

Al Gore, Wanjira Mathai, Karenna Gore

The ethical case for taking on the climate crisis

Claudia Passos Ferreira

Inside the mind of a newborn baby

Tax the rich — and save the planet

Sarah Stroud, Michael Vazquez

If you had the chance to be immortal, would you take it?

Lewis Bollard

How to end factory farming

Michael Vazquez, Raye Ploeger

Can humans be trusted with control over genetics?

Michael Vazquez, Will Kanwischer

Ethical dilemma: Should knowledge be free?

Michael Vazquez, Sarah Stroud

When should you break a promise?

Ira Bedzow, Shoshana Ungerleider

An ethicist's guide to living a good life

Elizabeth Cox

Which species would you get rid of? | Ada, Ep. 5

Elizabeth Cox

Can we actually control superintelligent AI? | Ada, Ep. 4

Elizabeth Cox

Should we get rid of pregnancy? | Ada, Ep. 3

Elizabeth Cox

Would you sell your kidney for $100,000? | Ada, Ep. 2

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Exclusive articles about Ethics

Opinion: Should we use gene editing to produce disease-free babies? A scientist who helped discover CRISPR weighs in.

Researchers recently reported that they were able to edit human embryos to fix a dangerous mutation. The technology is inching closer to reality, so we need to take a stand, says biochemist Jennifer Doudna.

Posted Aug 2017

The promising and perilous science of gene editing

A new technology that goes by the ungainly name of CRISPR-Cas9 could change the human genome for generations. Here's why its inventor is trying to press pause.

Posted Oct 2015

Need to know: About Facebook’s emotional contagion study

Ready to go beyond this week's headlines? 5 primary sources worth reading next -- about Facebook, research ethics, and data policy changes.

Posted Jul 2014

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