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Is It OK to Get Food Stamps When You’re Just Pursuing Your Passion?

A friend of mine is an amateur painter. She has a degree from one of the best colleges in the… Read More »Is It OK to Get Food Stamps When You’re Just Pursuing Your Passion?

In his response, the Ethicist noted: “I’m so sorry to hear about what you’ve endured; it clearly took courage to… Read More »Can I Say I Have Tourette’s Without Being Formally Diagnosed?

I worked part time for my granduncle’s business when I was 13 and 14. There were many times when we… Read More »My Mom Failed to Warn Me About an Abuser. Should I Tell My Dad?

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on a physician’s bedside manner — and the difference between justifiable concern and judgment.

I went on a date with someone, and we went back to their apartment. In the middle of sex, I… Read More »My Date Recorded Us Having Sex Without My Consent. Should I Report Them?

I’ve always supported a woman’s right to choose, not least because legal access to abortion once saved me from an… Read More »My Son’s Ex-Girlfriend Wants to Keep Her Pregnancy. Is That Unfair to Him?

My husband, who has struggled with his weight for decades, has decided under the recommendation of his doctor to begin… Read More »Can I Lie About How I Lost Weight?

A friend and I take a daily early-morning swim, usually all by ourselves, in a pool that has no lifeguard.… Read More »Do I Tell the Woman With a Brain Condition She Can’t Swim With Us?

I am a junior-high-school English teacher. In the past school year, there has been a significant increase in students’ cheating… Read More »Can I Use A.I. to Grade My Students’ Papers?

I am a retired, married, male psychiatrist. A divorced, female former patient of mine contacted me recently, 45 years after… Read More »I’m a Retired Psychiatrist. Is It OK to Befriend a Former Patient?