Climate change is a bioethics issue, too
Adventurous bioethicists seem to be continually pushing back the frontiers of their discipline. The latest conquest, or at least challenge, is climate change It used...
Are medical students ethically illiterate?
A recent study has indicated that medical students are not retaining the ethical terms taught to them in ethics classes. A recent study has indicated...
Moral disgust: Is there wisdom in repugnance?
The 'yuk' factor can sometimes play a decisive role in our moral assessments. But how reliable a guide are our visceral reactions of disgust? The...
Vermont legalizes assisted suicide
Vermont has become the fourth US state to legalize euthanasia. Its legislature voted in favor of the controversial law last week. The new legislation allows...
Are bioethicists a “priestly caste”?
Is bioethics compatible with democracy? This is not a question that surfaces very often in policy debates featuring prestigious bioethicists. However, in a provocative column...
Australian court rejects ‘wrongful birth’ claim
The concept of 'wrongful birth' has suffered another defeat, this time in Australia. The concept of 'wrongful birth' has suffered another defeat, this time in...
That “pernicious” notion of the “best interests of the child”
I. Glenn Cohen, of Harvard Law School, argues that this universally accepted idea must be repudiated. Article 3 of the United Nations Convention on the...
Why not buy and sell embryos, ask scholars in NEJM
Why can’t embryos be bought and sold like any other commodity? Making this unsettling proposal is less surprising than where it was made – in...
Yale to host conference on non-human personhood
A conference to be held at Yale University in December brings together animal rights activists and fans of human enhancement who are interested in the...
Call for input from bioethicists from the developing world
Who are the gatekeepers in bioethics? Does editorial bias or institutional racism exist in leading bioethics journals? Who are the gatekeepers in bioethics? Does editorial...
Dawkins on the humanity of the foetus
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins created quite a stir on the internet with one of his tweets (9000+ and going strong). Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins created...
The super-bug apocalypse
Antibiotic resistance is as grave a threat as terrorism or climate change, according to Britain’s Chief Medical Officer. While we fret about another 9/11, stray...