Powdered baby flesh sold to South Koreans
Thousands of drug capsules made from powdered baby flesh in China have been confiscated by South Korea customs agents. They were manufactured in northern China...
“Human dignity”: more action in the trenches
A bioethicist at Weill Cornell Medical College has fired another salvo in the battle of human dignity. Writing in the May issue of the journal...
Canadian bioethicist asks, why have children?
Is it good to have children? Most people would think so, but there is a range of views amongst utilitarian bioethicists. The latest contribution to...
Has there been “a complete regulatory collapse” of UK abortions?
"I will do all government paperwork conscientiously" is not a clause in the Hippocratic Oath. Yet it is a significant aspect of an ethical doctor’s...
Is free will a myth or the foundation of law and order?
Some recent research in psychology suggests that when people disbelieve in free will, they are more inclined to act in antisocial ways. The Neuroskeptic blog...
Are brain scans telling the truth?
Functional magnetic resonance image scans have been used as lie detectors which have been used in murder trials as well as testing whether conservatives are...
Fallout continues from infanticide article
The fallout from the “after-birth abortion” article in the Journal of Medical Ethics continues. The fallout from the “after-birth abortion” article in the Journal of...
Yet another Modest Proposal: save the world from climate change by genetically engineering your kids
Modest proposals, in sense given the phrase by the great 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift, are flavour of the month in the bioethics community.Modest proposals,...
Is informed consent on the skids?
Questions are being asked about the sacrasanct value of informed consent. Informed consent is one of the foundations of bioethical discourse. Bureaucrats have forced doctors...
The infanticide controversy: the authors
On February 23 the Journal of Medical Ethics published “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?”, an article by two Italian ethicists working in Australia....
The infanticide controversy: the editor
Julian Savulescu, the Australian philosopher who is now the director of Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford, is ever controversial. He was a leading...
Towards a cure for racism?
Can you cure racism with drugs? Probably not, but a common heart disease medication, propranolol, can affect a person's subconscious attitudes towards race, Oxford University...