The Bioethics Project
At Kent Place School
Category: Environment and Health
Category: Environment and Health
America’s Toxic Prisons
America’s Toxic Prisons: The Ethics of Prison Construction in Highly Polluted Areas By Jenna Smith “I suffered almost every day of the 15 months I was at that prison… it became clear to me that I [was] being left for dead… With no other course to take or relief in sight I called my brother
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De-Extinction and the Environment
The Modern Jurassic Park: Can De-Extinction Turn Back the Clock for our Environment? By Haley Bigler What does a Dodo, a Wooly Mammoth, and a Western Black Rhinoceros all have in common? These species are all extinct, and have the possibility to walk the earth again thanks to the development of de-extinction technology: although not
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The Right to Procreate
Limiting Legacies: Overpopulation and the Right to Procreate By Elizabeth Mastrangelo It is 2100. The world population is an astonishing 11 billion people, the maximum amount that the Earth can sustain, and yet, the population continues to grow. Food prices are rapidly rising, clean water is a rarity, and resources are diminishing. The air is
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Living Forever and Overpopulation
The Ethics of Living Forever & its Effect on Overpopulation By Disha Karale With the rise of new technologies, we focus on the furthering of society by finding new ways to make our lives more efficient. Under this wave of technological advancements lies the intriguing and unprecedented innovation of life extension technologies. Extending human life
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Poaching and People
Poaching & People: The Ethics of Ethnozootherapy in Traditional Chinese Medicine By Afia Oduro-Manu Zootherapy, at least in the West, is usually seen as harmlessly using animals, especially dogs, to aid human recovery from psychological problems. However, across continents and across the hemisphere, specifically in China, ethnozootherapy is known by traditional practitioners and their millions
Read MoreGlobal Clean Water Crisis
Clean Water and Sanitation: A Global Crisis that Challenges Women and Children By Jill DiTommaso Everyday women and children spend 200 million hours collecting water for their families, and 260 million hours looking for a place to defecate. Those who do not have immediate access to water have to find alternative ways to safely consume
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Consumer Autonomy in the Coffee Industry
The Hidden Price You Pay: An Analysis of Ethics, the Environment and Consumer Autonomy in the Coffee Industry By Sofia Scotto Our society has become virtually contingent on coffee for its survival. As coffee is the second most traded commodity in the world, our global economy has become dependent on coffee for economic growth and
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CRISPR Gene Editing
Crispr Gene Drives: Mosquitos Massacre or Malaria Miracle? By Sonia Parmar The African malaria mosquito is the most dangerous animal on earth, claiming roughly half a million lives each year. In 2016, there were 216 million cases of malaria, 90% of which were found in sub-Saharan Africa. Nearly half of the world is at risk,
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The Ethics Behind What We Eat
The Environmental and Ethical Impacts of the Meat Industry and Possible Solutions By Ariya Gulati Humans have been consuming the meat of other animals since the beginning of time. Now millions of years later, the process we apply to the production of meat has changed drastically from just killing game and cooking it over a
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The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction: The Duty of the Dominant Species to undo an Ecological Downfall By Erin Green A catastrophic event is underway. We are in the midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction, a modern and human-made extinction. The megafauna category is defined as large animals in a comparable or larger mass than humans, and the
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