Daniel often writes and speaks publicly about ethics, technology, innovation and education. He co-hosts The Ethics Lab—a weekly radio segment on Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe on 1310News—and he writes an occasional Ethics Lab column for MacLean’s Magazine. He has published commentaries in The Globe and Mail, The Financial Post, The Toronto Star, The Vancouver Sun and other print media, and has appeared on many radio and television programs, including CBC Radio’s The 180, Ottawa Morning, CTV MorningLive and many local radio programs across the country. And sometimes, people write about him.

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The Ethics Lab on 1310News

Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 18 2019
Should tech companies pay you for your data? An experiment in coordinated giving gone wrong.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 11, 2019
Manipulating friends and enemies with micro-advertising. Hong Kong, China and the NBA.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 4, 2019
Worker surveillance. Using Barbie to promote science.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | September 27, 2019
What do we owe to future generations? Is it ethical to buy an SUV?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | September 20, 2019
Do we need new rights in the age of brain scanning tech? Why is ethics so hard for Silicon Valley?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | September 13, 2019
Assisted dying. Is it unethical to be a billionaire?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | September 6, 2019
Epstein, MIT and the problem of dirty money. Attention-budging wearable tech.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | August 30, 2019
Robot rights. Space crime.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | August 23, 2019
Sleep. Mood recognition tech. Is it unethical to jaywalk?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | August 16, 2019
Is it okay to lie to people in cognitive decline? Surveillance humanitarianism.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | August 9, 2019
Inequities in school fundraising. New research on moral luck.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | July 26, 2019
Ethics in the film Yesterday. Bystander ethics.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | July 19, 2019
Half-assed philanthropy. Should you have a daily routine?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | July 12, 2019
Would you return a list wallet? Human rights and ethics for AI.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | June 21, 2019
Ageism. Is peeing in the pool unethical?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | June 14, 2019
Experts and expertise. Ethics of secrets.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | June 7, 2019
Is dodgeball unethical? Failed algorithms and liability.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | May 31, 2019
Should Facebook have banned the altered Pelosi video? Ethics of resilience.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | May 17, 2019
Should we ban facial recognition? Should there be public funding for in-vitro fertilization?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | May 10, 2019
Snapchat dysmorphia. Lawnmower/snowplow parenting.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | May 3, 2019
Caster Semenya. Pushing your kids to do better at school.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | April 12, 2019
Is having children unethical? Ethics-washing.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | April 5, 2019
Diogenes the Cynic: Philosophy's biggest jerk. Ethics of forgiveness. Ethics for athletes.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | March 29, 2019
Dealing with online extremism. Hologram concerts.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | March 22, 2019
Getting advantages for your kids. Publishing terrorist manifestos. 
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | March 15, 2019
Why we do the Ethics Lab. Good art, bad behaviour. Anniversary of the web. 
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | March 8, 2019
Philanthropy and dirty money. The role of shame in ethics. 
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | February 22, 2019
Vaccine ethics. Is it morally mediocre to be morally mediocre? 
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | February 15 , 2019
Should you plan your life? Ethics of kids' allowance.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | February 8, 2019
Is it unethical to watch football? Automated renter assessments. 
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | January 18, 2019
Lying to children. Ethics of fortune-telling. 
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | January 11, 2019
Finland’s Elements of AI course. Governing AI in Canada. Scaring kids.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | January 4, 2019
Moral grandstanding. Taylor Swift’s facial recognition system for stalkers.
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2018

Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | December 14, 2018
AI scans for babysitters. Semi-autonomous vehicles.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | December 7, 2018
Gene-edited babies. A duty to quit Facebook?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | November 23, 2018
Techlash and trust. A Theory of Snownership.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | November 2, 2018
Lopsided scores in amateur sports. Facial recognition in schools.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 26, 2018
Ethics for automated vehicles. Surveillance capitalism and the good life.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 19, 2018
Helmet law exemptions. Knowing when you’ll die.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 12, 2018
Tech workers' ethical awakening. The ethics of social media influencers.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | October 5, 2018
The right to be forgotten online. What’s the issue with shark cage tourism?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | September 29, 2018
Fitness apps and insurance discounts. What to do with writers’ unpublished material.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | September 7, 2018
The Colin Kaepernick Nike ad. Using artificial intelligence in hiring.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | August 31, 2018
Health privacy and genetic testing for heritable diseases. Should you make your kids do chores?
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | August 17, 2018
Prizes for poor performance. Gender bias in science career ads.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | July 27, 2018
The ethics of employee reviews; and facial recognition technology in malls.
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Ottawa Today with Mark Sutcliffe | June 8, 2018
Is it ok to consume or enjoy art if the artist has behaved badly, and, should people be allowed to fake their own death.
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The Ethics Lab at MacLean’s

The ethics of restricting speech on social media
There are good reasons for tech companies to prohibit hate speech on their platforms. But their status as private organizations is not one of them.

Are we ready for the brave new world of artificial wombs?
In deciding whether to use artificial wombs, we need to revisit one of the oldest and most important questions in philosophy: What is a life worth living?

The ethics of police using technology to predict future crimes
Using computer models to determine where crime is most likely to occur could reinforce police biases about neighbourhoods with ethnic or racial minorities