BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: As the U.S. military buildup continues in the Middle East, debate also continues over the morality of going to war. Today, a special report on the moral arguments, for and against. I spoke with William Galston … More →

January 10, 2003

The latest weapon in anti-abortion protest, photography, has triggered an ethical and legal debate. Before, the anti-abortion protestors only yelled at women, while targeting blame at doctors and staff members. Recently, they have started to take pictures of the woman … More →

September 20, 2002

Every year the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assigns a summer reading book for its incoming freshmen. This year that book was called APPROACHING THE QUR’AN: THE EARLY REVELATIONS, and it’s generated a lot of controversy both within the state and outside of it. More →

August 23, 2002

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Many scientists say the most promise for curing various diseases is to clone human embryos. Not clone them to create a new human being, reproductive cloning, but clone them to cure the sick; therapeutic cloning. But … More →

July 12, 2002

University of Pennsylvania ethicist Arthur Caplan goes to the movies for R & E in search of the ethics of human engineering. Read his thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s MINORITY REPORT: If you are interested in the ethical problems raised by … More →

June 21, 2002

  MARY ALICE WILLIAMS: Privacy is at the heart of our special report. A year ago, we had the technology to hack into people’s most private personal information, track their whereabouts, invade their space. Doing it was widely considered unacceptable. … More → More →

April 19, 2002

As Congress worked on the antiterrorism bill, proponents argued that the FBI and police need new tools to keep up with modern technology, while others expressed concern about violating privacy and other rights. Lucky Severson reports on the new search for the right balance between national security and civil liberties. More →

October 12, 2001

A new report from the Institute of Medicine, which advises the government on health policy, calls on the U.S. to do far more than is now being done to relieve the suffering of dying children and their families. Doctors and families face a dilemma in trying to choose between painful treatment that is unlikely to work and palliative care to make possible a so-called “good death.” More →

September 7, 2001

  BOB ABERNETHY: As President Bush approaches a decision on whether the Federal government should fund research on embryonic human stem cells, religious groups are on both sides of the debate. For many, the fundamental issue is the moral status … More →

July 27, 2001

BOB ABERNETHY (anchor): Now another ethical question: Should a boy — even a boy who has murdered someone — be put into a prison with men? Advocates of mandatory sentencing caution that these kids must be taken off the street … More →

January 19, 2001