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Fourteen Catholic moral theologians, ethicists and philosophers have filed briefs in federal court supporting Anthropic in its fight.
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Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
One suggested expert was Tristan Harris, who at the time had recently left his job as an ethicist at Google to found the Center for Humane Technology to address concerns about social media and smartphone addiction.
—Cnn, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
One suggested expert was Tristan Harris, who at the time had recently left his job as an ethicist at Google to found the Center for Humane Technology to address concerns about social media and smartphone addiction.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
Medication shortages are now a routine feature of American health care, but as two medical ethicists and a first-year resident write, intravenous opioid shortages are different.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
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Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2026
One suggested expert was Tristan Harris, who at the time had recently left his job as an ethicist at Google to found the Center for Humane Technology to address concerns about social media and smartphone addiction.
—Cnn, Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2026
One suggested expert was Tristan Harris, who at the time had recently left his job as an ethicist at Google to found the Center for Humane Technology to address concerns about social media and smartphone addiction.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 23 Feb. 2026
Medication shortages are now a routine feature of American health care, but as two medical ethicists and a first-year resident write, intravenous opioid shortages are different.
—Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 17 Feb. 2026
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“Ethicist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethicist. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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ethicist
noun
eth·i·cist
ˈeth-ə-səst 
: one who specializes in or is very concerned about ethics
now ethicists must confront the unsettling question of whether to set limits on scientific inquiry—Ricardo Sookdeo
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