Britons have discriminatory attitudes towards the elderly
Older people are subject to a litany of damaging stereotypes Statler and Waldorf from The Muppet Show People over 60 are more affected by the...
A ghastly incident in Spain shows what could happen
Elderly found dead in their beds – and abandoned A home where 17 residents have died from coronavirus / FERNANDO VILLAR / EL PAÍS Not...
Coronavirus news briefs
The pandemic has some unexpected effects Surrogacy arrangements. Travel restrictions because of the coronavirus pandemic have left many surrogate parents separated from the baby that...
Best Coronavirus quotes
Lots to read from every point of view“If I get Corona, I get Corona. At the end of the day I’m not going to let...
US ethicists issue utilitarian manifesto for coronavirus rationing
Above all, we should maximise benefits. As the US braces itself for an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, several US doctors and ethicists have published...
Should we sacrifice older people to save the economy?
A senior republican politician is ready to sacrifice himself. A senior Republican politician from Texas sparked a media firestorm this week after suggesting that older...
More about the coronavirus pandemic
One of the guidelines of the UK’s Nuffield Council on Bioethics about the coronavirus pandemic (see below) is that “Liberty-infringing measures to control disease, such as...
Prison advocates call for decarceration during pandemic
Prison populations are at great risk from the outbreak. Lawyers and prison advocates around the world are calling for the release of low-risk prisoners as...
New Zealand legalises abortion
Permits abortion of the disabled and abortion for sex selection On Wednesday night, while 90% percent of the world was coming to grips with the...
Silver lining theories for the crisis
It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good Photo by Ella Ivanescu on Unsplash With deaths mounting, economies tanking and unemployment growing, it’s hard to see a silver...
Is it ethical to aim at ‘herd immunity’ to the coronavirus?
More elderly might die British Prime Minister Boris Johnson garbled his government’s coronavirus strategy. The media reported that the UK (and the Netherlands) were adopting...
Nuffield Council on Bioethics publishes coronavirus ethics guide
A very useful document for policy-makers Bioethicists are battling to produce guidelines for politicians and policy-makers in a puzzling time. The UK’s Nuffield Council on...