Self-driving autonomous vehicles (AVs) have the potential to make the world a safer and cleaner place. A challenge confronting the development of AVs is how these vehicles should behave in traffic situations where harm is unavoidable. It is important that AVs behave in ethically appropriate ways to mitigate harm. Ideally, they should obey a system of principles that both concur with human moral...

By the time I graduated from medical school in 1975, I had learned that most respiratory tract infections in otherwise healthy children and adults were caused by viruses, such as parainfiuenza, influenza, adenovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus. This learning was reinforced during my family practice residency training in Charleston, Se. I was taught that the challenge of primary care practi...

The idea that cultural evolution exhibits variation, competition, and inheritance and therefore can be studied by adjusting the Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection is an attractive one. It has been argued by a number of authors (e.g., Campbell 1960; Monod 1970; Dawkins 1976; Cavalli-Sforza and Feldman 1981; Boyd and Richerson 1985; Durham 1991; Aunger 2002; Mesoudi et al. 2004) a...

Fathers and fatherhood are back on the policy agenda. Over the past two decades questions have been raised within New Zealand and comparative countries as to the status of men and the rights and responsibilities of fatherhood. Such questions arise at a time when fathers have become increasingly marginalised, especially within the context of the home. As the role of breadwinner and provider has ...

the emergence of the internet severely affected the social life. cyberspace, regardless of geographical constraints, has provided the possiblity of fast and affordable communication for all people around the world. the increase of international electronic contracts has caused the courts to confront the challenge of determining jurisdiction in cases involving such contracts. traditional rules of...