Artificial concerns?
This week Nature published a strident editorial defending 'legitimate concerns' about contemporary AI research. Earlier this year, the American Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)...
Dusting off the Leviathan
Canada is soon to have legislation permitting euthanasia and assisted suicide, as decreed by its Supreme Court. One issue, however, over which some uncertainty hovers...
Why should we respect conscientious objectors?
As Canada prepares to legalise euthanasia, an influential bioethicist dismisses appeals to conscience A powerful debate over conscientious objection is brewing in Canada. The Canadian...
Donor anonymity is dead
Genetic databases will enable people to connect with the parents they never knew from the Australian documentary, Sperm Donors Anonymous Guaranteeing the anonymity of...
Fallout from Chernobyl continues 30 years on
Does environmental ethics form part of bioethics? If yes, then Chernobyl is of grave significance. Does environmental ethics form part of bioethics? If yes, then...
Illegal organ trade burgeoning in Iraq
In the face of continuing economic hardship Iraqis have turned to the illegal organ trade. In the face of continuing economic hardship Iraqis have turned...
IVF experts divided over mosaic embryos
Debate is intensifying among fertility specialists about the use of mosaic embryos in IVF. Debate is intensifying among fertility specialists about the use of mosaic...
Nascent concerns about womb transplants
Bioethicists have sounded a note of caution after a failed womb transplant in the US. Bioethicists have sounded a note of caution about womb transplants...
Horrific abuse case raises questions over international surrogacy
Australian man fathered twins in order to abuse them An Australian case of sexual exploitation of infants has raised questions about international surrogacy. An unnamed...
Where to publish your bioethics articles
Swedish blog lists most reputable journals Two Swedish bioethicists have compiled a list of the English-language bioethics journals which are “reputable, trustworthy and have real...
Summer school in bioethics
Manhattan NGO has organised two programs, in New York and Dubrovnik A Manhattan-based NGO, Global Bioethics Initiative (GBI), has organized two bioethics summer schools, one...
Losing one’s marbles
Former Austraiian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, who is now 86, has publicly backed euthanasia, even for teenagers. He says that he fears the indignity of...