The birth of neuroethics
Staunchly agnostic or atheistMost histories of bioethics say that its origins are deeply religious. America’s best-known bioethics commentator, Arthur Caplan, recently told a seminar that...
Pope warns of new eugenics movement
Vatican conference on "New Frontiers of Genetics and the Danger of Eugenics" The Pope has warned of the dangers of a new eugenics. Addressing scientists...
Family connections for Obama’s bioethical ear
Bioethicist brother of Obama’s chief of staff becomes adviser As foreshadowed in BioEdge, the bioethicist brother of President Obama’s chief of staff has been appointed...
Vatican hangs its bioethics on human dignity
First major statement in 20 years The Vatican has released its first major statement on bioethics in 20 years. Although the conclusions of Dignitas Personae...
Bioethics Council issues report on newborn screening…
Points out ethical problems Even as the curtain closes on the Bush era, the President’s Council on Bioethics is beavering away on its long and...
New arguments surface in embryo debate
Ronald M. Green says Gotcha! After ten years, the US debate over the ethics of embryo research drags on without an end in sight. Opinion...
Is matching conscientious objectors with like-minded patients a solution?
New book attempts to create scheme for keeping patients and doctors happy With conscientious objection and "conscience clauses" becoming more prominent in bioethical debates, especially...
Oxford bioethics centre comes under fire
David Oderberg launches salvo for "massive dissonance" with ideals of Japanese funder. A UK philosopher has made a stinging attack on Julian Savulescu’s Uehiro Centre...
Singer still applauded for same tune
"Imagination-expanding" views In some circles, because of his controversial view on euthanasia for disabled infants, to cite one, "Peter Singer" has become an epithet of...
Dramatic shift to progressive bioethics under Obama likely
Moreno and Charo appointed to transition teamUnder President Barack Obama there will be a dramatic shift toward progressive bioethics, judging from appointments to his transition...
Reshaping the bioethical landscape
The election of a fervently pro-choice president could bulletproof abortion rights in the United States. The electoral tidal wave which swept Democrat Barack Obama into...
Gynaecologist prescribes lethal drink for Dignitas clients
The decline of Christianity is one reason for the attraction of assisted suicide The gynaecologist who writes the lethal prescription for clients of Dignitas has...