Rachel HendrixWhy Is There Evil in the World?In my AP European History course at school, our teacher recently had us do a simulation of a debate between various french philosophes…Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021
Rachel HendrixShould Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?The legalization of Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) happens on the state-level, and is extremely controversial. According to CNN, it is…Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020
Rachel HendrixIs Gamification Ethical?Gamification, simply put, is the use of game elements in non-game contexts. Leaderboards on at-home spin bikes like Peloton bikes that…Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020
Rachel HendrixThe Faults With Facial Recognition SoftwareEarlier this year, Robert Julian-Borchak Williams was arrested for theft from a wealthy boutique in Detroit, Michigan. The arrest was…Jul 19, 2020Jul 19, 2020
Rachel HendrixA Lesson on Distributive JusticePicture this: you are hosting a birthday party, and you are in charge of cutting up the cake. There are five people at the party, so you…Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020
Rachel HendrixThe Truth Behind Tik Tok’s “For You” Page…In a little over one year, Charli D’amelio has become a household name. Tik Tok, the app of endless scrolling that reminds its viewers of…Jul 14, 2020Jul 14, 2020
Rachel HendrixCan Algorithms Discriminate?It is human nature to carry biases. Everybody holds prejudices, or at a minimum partiality in one way or another, that usually stems from…Jul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020
Rachel HendrixA Case for Saving Starving ChildrenThe basic premise of the Drowning Child thought experiment is as follows:Jul 8, 2020Jul 8, 2020
Rachel HendrixTo Be Free or Not To Be Free … This Time AcademicallyOne day in my English class, my teacher (who is white) was introducing an research essay we would be writing in the coming weeks about a…Jul 5, 2020Jul 5, 2020
Rachel HendrixShould Poverty Be a Legally Protected Class?People cannot legally discriminate against other people based on their identity. This, although often an intuitive moral guideline for…Jul 2, 2020Jul 2, 2020
