A scalpel for the soul
In some countries, there are doctors who doubt whether elective cosmetic surgery is really medicine at all, since it doesn’t heal anything. But not in...
“Fixed” – new documentary on transhumanism and disability
Filmmaker Regan Brashear recently screened a rough cut of “Fixed: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement”. Filmmaker Regan Brashear recently screened a rough cut of “Fixed:...
Can you morally enhance a hoodie?
A Google search for “London+riots+bioethics” yielded nothing of any value. But future discussions about how to respond to mass hooliganism may well require bioethicists. At...
Killer was fan of transhumanism and reprogenetics
In the wake of the murderous spree by Norwegian right-winger Anders Behring Breivik, bloggers and columnists have been trawling through his 1500-page rant about how...
Transhumanist sets goalposts for the future
American political science commentator Francis Fukuyama once called transhumanism the world’s most dangerous idea. Whether this is true depends on your aspirations for society. But...
The bioethics of Botox
The results of recent study in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science should make bioethicists consider the ethical dimension of Botox injections. Botox, which...
Have we really exorcised eugenics from genetics?
he linkage between genetics and eugenics is an oft-told story, but it bears repeating again and again. This is an idea hammered home in latest...
Storm at heart of gender controversy
A couple in Toronto has kicked off a controversy over gender and parenting by keeping their third child’s gender a secret. A couple in Toronto...
Score one for the Patriarchy!
In an ethically dubious medical specialty, “Aesthetic Vaginal Surgery” may be the most dubious of all its subspecialties. In an ethically dubious medical specialty,...
Was Dante a transhumanist?
Dante is not a figure who is often invoked as a forerunner of transhumanism, the movement to accelerate man’s evolution with technology and genetic engineering....
New Hampshire eugenics
Hi there, I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry over remarks made by a doddering member of New Hampshire’s lower house. Martin Harty told...
New Hampshire’s eugenics legislator resigns
Strom Thurmond celebrated his 100th birthday as a serving senator from the state of South Carolina. But it’s not necessarily a great idea to keep...