ethics
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Describing himself as a Catholic from the impoverished aristocracy and an entrepreneur, he says it would offend against both his ethics and his business sense to exclude people from the banquets.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
While he acknowledged making “personal mistakes” outside his marriage and apologized to his family, he said his actions didn’t violate House ethics rules.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Paolo Benanti, a Franciscan Friar of the Third Order and a Catholic priest, teaches moral philosophy at Luiss Guido Carli University and is a professor of ethics of technology at Seattle University.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026
Marketing itself as the AI developer most concerned with ethics, Anthropic attempted to bar the American government using its AI systems for mass surveillance or fully autonomous arms.
From Barron's • May 28, 2026
In philosophy, or religion, or ethics, or politics, two and two might make five, but when one was designing a gun or an airplane they had to make four.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Herbert Hoover on "Rugged Individualism" (1928)
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