Creating memories.
One of the most famous obiter dicta from the US Supreme Court is Justice Anthony Kennedy’s “mystery” passage in the 1992 case Planned Parenthood v....
Only connect: the Pope’s global bioethics
Latest document causes media storm The publication of a document by Pope Francis on the environment on Thursday has created a media storm. Laudato Si’...
Peter Singer ‘disinvited’ from German philosophy festival
Protests by disability activists unnerved organisers Peter Singer is in hot water in Germany again over his controversial views. The Australian utilitarian philosopher began his...
Where is Belgian euthanasia headed, asks The New Yorker
A country where more and more people are asking to be killed. The long-drawn-out case of a woman who asked for euthanasia in 2012 may...
Repeat clients prefer same sperm donors
Couples are far from indifferent about genetic links. Despite a prevalence of anonymous sperm donation in European countries, the use of the same sperm donor...
Planning for a world with LGBT bioethics
Would it reach different conclusions? With same-sex marriage and the transformation of Bruce Jenner into Caitlyn Jenner in the world headlines, it’s time to ask...
European court allows “vegetative” patient to be starved to death
Doctors have been given permission to remove food and water from Vincent Lambert, a severely brain-damaged, 38-year-old Frenchman. Doctors have been given permission to remove...
Germanwings pilot had seen 41 doctors in 5 years
Further revelations have raised questions about medical confidentiality. Further revelations about the co-pilot of the Germanwings crash in which 150 people died have raised questions...
Looking back: Daniel Callahan
One of the grand old men of American bioethics, he is a reminder of a broader and more communitarian view. The dominant view of bioethics...
A “mercy killing” outside the law
What message will legalisation send to unbalanced people? One issue that seldom surfaces in discussions about the legalization of assisted suicide and euthanasia is the...
German parliament to debate assisted suicide
Two bills authorising assisted suicide have been presented to the Bundestag. Two bills authorising assisted suicide have been presented to the German Parliament ahead of...
So much falseness in the world
As a journalist, I tend to be impatient with fussy terminological precision, a character flaw which occasionally raises the hackles of readers with more exacting...