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Tax Justice
TIM O’BRIEN, correspondent: There are some things the government must do, and the first reason for taxes is to pay for them. Beyond that there is wide debate over how taxes can be efficient and fair...
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Ghana
FRED DE SAM LAZARO, correspondent: In a region that’s seen civil wars and bloodshed, Ghana has enjoyed years of peace. Church leader: May somebody leave this service knowing that their tomorrow is...
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Jewish Social Justice
FRED DE SAM LAZARO, guest host: We have the story of an organization founded after federal agents raided the nation’s largest kosher meat-packaging plant in Postville, Iowa, and discovered...
View ArticleUsing Drones Outside Combat Zones
Armed drones launched the Sept. 30 air strike in Yemen that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the American radical cleric who tried to recruit Muslims to help al-Qaeda’s terrorist efforts. US officials had...
View ArticleDan Brock Extended Interview
“It’s impossible not to ration, it’s irrational not to ration, and it’s unethical not to ration” medical care at the end of life, says this professor of ethics at Harvard Medical School and director of...
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Mending Medicare
BETTY ROLLIN, correspondent: For years, Natalie Albin endured aggressive treatment for leukemia. She wound up in Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York. Death was near. FRAN CRONIN: She’d had...
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Ethics of Human Enhancement
LUCKY SEVERSON, correspondent: Ray Kurzweil may not be a household name, but the blind know who he is. He invented the first reading machine and then reduced its size to a hand-held gadget. Kurzweil...
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The Ethics of Drones
KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Drones are increasingly becoming some of the most valuable weapons in America’s arsenal. Drone operator speaking on video: This is going to save someone’s life today....
View ArticleBernard Hammes Extended Interview
When you talk about end-of-life issues, according to Gundersen Lutheran Health System’s director of clinical ethics, “you’re really talking about the meaning of life, about your religious beliefs and...
View ArticleEl Salvador Abortion Ban
Strongly influenced by Catholic teachings, the country of El Salvador now forbids all abortions. Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from San Salvador on the consequences for many women when abortion is...
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