Academics continue to spar over conscientious objection
Some argue it's about conscience; others say it's about real issues. Conscientious objection has been a subject of vigorous debate in medical ethics in recent...
Editor bans religious arguments from bioethics journal
Only public-reason-based arguments cut the mustard The editor of Developing World Bioethics, Udo Schüklenk, has decided to ban from his journal any articles whose assumptions...
Another step closer to legal abortion in Ireland
President has signed legislation into law On Tuesday, Ireland’s president, Michael D. Higgins, signed into law legislation amending the Constitution to remove constitutional protection for...
Amend law to allow organ donor euthanasia, say Canadian doctors
It has significant advantages for transplant patients Canadian legislation and medical protocols need to be tweaked to allow euthanasia with organ donation, according to an...
Banning killer robots
Robots don't get human dignity. A recent article in The Conversation by Harvard University law lecturer Bonnie Docherty argues that we should ban fully autonomous...
The Sea and Poison
Today, I'll take a break from controversy. Let's talk about literature. In 2003 the President’s Council on Bioethics published an anthology about bioethical dilemmas. It was...
Abortion activists unveil strategy for attacking conscientious objection
‘A violation of medical ethics and of patients' right to health care’, they say An “expert group” of abortion activists has launched a strong attack...
Doctors’ well-being is suffering because of ‘moral injury’
Similar symptoms to PTSD soldiers In trying to understand post-traumatic stress disorders amongst soldiers, psychologists have developed the notion of “moral injury”. This is an...
South African bioethicist David Benatar explores the human predicament
And finds that it is not pleasant For about four years, it seemed likely that Cape Town would become the world’s first major city in...
Bioethicist says conscientious objection may be murder
Recent contributions to the literature have been particularly strident. Conscientious objection has been a hotly debated topic in bioethics for several years. Yet recent contributions...
I got a hoax academic paper about how UK politicians wipe their bums published
Predatory journals masquerade as legitimate, mainstream journalsBrandon Blinkenberg, CC BY 2.5, Link I had what seemed like rather a good idea a few weeks back....
UK bioethics thinktank endorses germline modification
“It is our view that genome editing is not morally unacceptable in itself,” says report author.The UK’s leading bioethics institute has given a green light...