Monthly Archives: August 2014

The End’s Justify the Means? A few thoughts on deception in research.

Posted on August 28, 2014     Leave a Comment

After reading an article by the WSJ that came across my LinkedIn newsfeed (http://online.wsj.com/articles/the-role-of-deception-in-scientific-research-1409009297#livefyre-comment) I started thinking about deception in research. Can deception ever be ethically justified in research? Isn’t that showing the end’s justify the means? I was always taught, not through formal study of ethics, that the end’s never justify the means. Is […]

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Getting Started

Posted on August 1, 2014     Leave a Comment

Hi there, For now, I’m basically writing this post to just get started as I know right now I have no followers. I will be taking steps in the future to change that as I hope this blog can carve out its place in the online fora of ethics related sites and blogs. My interest […]

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Ethics Nut

Andrew Milroy studied Ethics, Morality, Theology, and Law at the University of Toronto, graduating in 2005 with a Specialist B.A. in Bioethics. He continued his studies in the field of Ethics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and Linkoping University where he studied Applied Ethics in the areas of Politics and Society. In 2008, Andrew graduated his Master's program with Distinction.

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