Ethics

... humans are conscious of our decisions makes us accountable for them. Because we can create the idea of monogamy and the idea of commitment, our ethics can dictate that it is wrong for someone to break a commitment. One is free to be with as many partners as he or she pleases so long as they ...

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... evidence points to the probability that this capacity originated via evolution. If it's possible for you to imagine a world were all morality and ethics no not originate from some benevolent deity - do so, and take a second look at the world you live in.

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... and revered human being held for granted thing that would be abbhorent by today's standard. Aristotle is considered a a foundation of modern ethics. Greek at his time were considering all women and non greek as barely human, and have no problem with death penalty... As for the Hitler comparison, ...

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... are describing a humanoid species, they're likely to focus on the differences. I will definitely have to bear that in mind. I like the idea of the ethics surrounding "superiority". If a humanoid species was found or genetically engineered you could be certain that people would find a ...

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Lets put aside the ethics of this experiment, you should be careful with your control. Glucose could be addictive itself. My memory is hazy, so no references, but I read about a study in which mice were presented cocaine and sugar. ...

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