UCLA ethicists and neuroscientists recently collaborated with other researchers across the country to create a list of principles for ethical invasive brain research. Intracranial research uses ...

All of morality aims at the same thing but there are several basic ways to get there. If you prefer, each approach is like a different tool—a hammer, a nail, a level. Using the right tool for the ...

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Three fundamental principles guide the ethical conduct of research involving human subjects. These principles come from The Belmont Report, a statement of basic ethical principles and guidelines that ...

Conceptual frameworks drawn from theories that have shaped the study of ethics over centuries can help us recognize and describe ethical issues when we encounter them. In this way, a basic grasp of ...

Why is there so much disagreement on ethical judgments, if we have these well-established ethical principles? How, for example, can Wayne and Deborah come to such different conclusions about reporting ...

Most people agree on some basic ethical principles. For example, most believe lying, stealing and violent behavior are rarely, if ever, excusable. But creating an ethical workplace requires more than ...