Ontario doctors back out of euthanasia
Both for moral and legal reasons Some Canadian doctors who agreed to carry out euthanasia have withdrawn their names only months after legalisation, according to...
Trust me, I’m a doctor
Is trust morally inferior to belief on evidence? Ever since the Enlightenment, unbelievers have rubbished the notion of trusting faith as grounds for belief. “Faith...
Victoria’s controversial donor anonymity laws come into effect
Victoria has enacted laws that retrospectively strip donors of anonymity. The donor anonymity debate flared up again in Australia this week, as controversial retrospective donor...
Qatar organ trafficking allegations
An Indonesian woman claims she had her kidney "stolen" while working in Qatar. An Indonesian woman claims that she had her kidney “stolen” while working...
The Mother Situation
An Australian short film about euthanasia is a hit. Amour, a film about assisted suicide, won an Academy Award as the Best Foreign Film in...
Stronger, faster and more deadly: the ethics of developing supersoldiers
It’s not science-fiction; research is underway around the world. The future soldier may be enhanced. Shutterstock Enhancing a soldier’s capacity to fight is nothing...
Coping with post-election stress disorder
We’ve often blamed the pharmaceutical industry for medicalising the normal ups and downs of life. But journalists are not above disease-mongering. I’ve just noticed a...
Bariatric surgery for teenagers?
It's the only thing that seems to work for some patients American doctors are debating whether to offer bariatric surgery for severely obese young people....
Terrorism and triage
Should wounded terrorists be treated according to the conventions of medical triage? Imagine that you are a doctor responding to an emergency in Israel. A...
Trump under fire from scientists
But some fire back in support of the new President This week hundreds of scientists rallied in Boston’s Copley Square to protest against the anti-science...
Should Quebec’s Alzheimer’s patients be eligible for euthanasia?
A murder case sparks a debate Quebec is about to embark upon a debate on the involuntary euthanasia of demented elderly after a 55-year-old man...
Peter Singer interviewed about, well, everything
Excerpts from a great interview in the Journal of Practical Ethics The Journal of Practical Ethics recently posed 20 hardball questions to Peter Singer about...