Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most impactuous of all?
Which is the most influential journal in bioethics? Which is the most influential journal in bioethics? According to the latest ranking in Google Scholar, the...
Spread the love: a new principle for procreation in the age of IVF
Procreative beneficence must be supplemented with another concept, procreative altruism, argue two Oxford bioethicists Utilitarian notions of reproductive autonomy may not be as simple to...
Down syndrome therapy now possible, says US researcher
A chromosome therapy for Down syndrome may be possible, according to ground-breaking research published in Nature. A chromosome therapy for Down syndrome may be possible,...
Head transplants just a few million dollars away, neuroscientist claims
A British neuroscientist has spoken enthusiastically about the possibility of performing a head transplant for patients with debilitating illnesses. A scene from Mel Brooks's classic...
Theology and bioethics 2: Pope Francis
The new Pope's first encyclical refers to abortion and euthanasia. The new head of the Catholic Church, Argentinian Pope Francis, released document on Friday about...
Theology and bioethics 1: Stanley Hauerwas
A leading American Protestant theologian has published an intriguing essay in the ABC (Australia) website about America’s distinctive brand of Christianity. Stanley Hauerwas, of Duke...
Peering into the future of bioethics
The president of the International Association of Bioethics tackles sex-selective abortion. Is India’s highly skewed sex ratio right or wrong? This is the contentious issue...
A new voice in bioethical debates
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University is launching an open-source journal dealing with the application of philosophy to public policyOxford Uehiro Centre...
Vale Edmund Pellegrino
Edmund Pellegrino, a “conservative” bioethicist who won the respect of colleagues of all persuasions, died this week at the age of 92.Edmund Pellegrino, a “conservative”...
Sydney court ditches binary sexual identity
A Sydney court of appeal has ruled that sex is not binary, ie, just male or female. A Sydney court of appeal has ruled that...
UN debates use of killer robots
The ethics of using killer robots is adding a new subspeciality to bioethics. The ethics of using killer robots is adding a new subspeciality to...
Singer questions reproductive freedom at women’s rights conference
Princeton ethicist Peter Singer provoked an uproar at last week's Women Deliver 2013 conference in Kuala Lumpur when he denied the absoluteness of reproductive rights....