The ultimate taboo should not be stigmatized, says ethicist
There’s a good reason why the acronym LGBTQIZ+ has never caught on. As the anonymous author of an article in the most recent article in...
After Gaza, leading US bioethicist laments moral vacuum amongst students
A leading bioethicist, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, of the University of Pennsylvania, says that the war in Gaza has exposed a moral vacuum in American university...
Should animals have the right to vote?
Should animals have the right to vote? Yes, according to British lawyer and philosopher Ioan-Radu Motoarcă. In an article in Analysis, a journal hosted by...
Canadian police refuse to prosecute doctor who sterilized Inuit woman without consent
Canadian police have declined to lay criminal charges against a doctor who sterilised an Inuit woman in Yellowknife without her consent. In 2019 Dr Andrew...
Greenland women demand compensation for forced contraception
Greenland women who lost their ability to bear children because Danish doctors secretly inserted IUDs in the 1960s and 1970s are suing for immediate compensation....
British teen dies after doctors refuse her request for experimental treatment
ST, the 19-year-old woman at the centre of a dispute about mental competence and healthcare in Britain, has died of heart failure. As reported in...
Is the world’s most influential theory of medical ethics fit for purpose in analysing abortion and euthanasia?
As a word, principlism may be clumsy and unpronounceable, but as an explanation of medical ethics, it is supreme. The four principles of autonomy, beneficence,...
Is it ethical to hold a bioethics conference in Qatar?
The International Association of Bioethics is defending its decision to hold its 2024 congress in Qatar, a country which is notoriously hostile to LGBTQI+ people....
Robot priests are unlikely to be credible: study
Robotics experts have had limited success with replacing human carers in nursing homes with robots. Nothing daunted, some have tried to create robot priests to...
What will ChatGPT mean for bioethics?
An expert on medical issues at Harvard Law School, I. Glenn Cohen, has analysed the challenge of AI for bioethics in the American Journal of...
World Medical Association undermines conscience rights
The World Medical Association is largely toothless, but its policies matter. They can be used as a benchmark in bioethical debates in jurisdictions around the...
Harvard Medical School crimson over body parts scandal
Harvard Medical School is renowned throughout the world as a centre of excellence in clinical medicine and medical research. Sixteen Nobel Prize laureates are associated...