Transhumanism: the theologians
Transhumanism, at least in the Journal of Medical Ethics, has a distinctly theological flavour. Transhumanism, at least in the Journal of Medical Ethics, has a...
Canadian assisted suicide activist dies of natural causes
The woman at the centre of Canada’s move towards assisted suicide died of natural causes last week before taking advantage of an exemption from the...
I’m not the Nazi; you’re the Nazi
Julian Savulescu has the perfect riposte Julian Savulescu, the utilitarian bioethicist at Oxford University, has the perfect riposte when his opponents tell him that his...
A Nobel Prize for ethics?
This year's laureates are both stem cell scientists. Two stem cell researchers have shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2012, an elderly Briton, Sir...
After winning the right to die, NY woman wants to live
After winning the right to refuse life-sustaining treatment, a young Korean woman in New York has decided that she wants to live. After winning the...
Does a slippery slope look like this?
Hi there, One of my duties as editor is moderating comments (do post more of them, please; they add a lot to the site). It’s...
Misconduct plague tarnishes life sciences
The prestige of science is endangered by the growing incidence of fraud and misconduct in researchThe prestige of science is endangered by the growing incidence...
Canada honours prominent eugenicist
One of Canada's most honoured women was a prominent eugenicist. In bioethics, as in every field, reputations are kept aloft more by the volume of...
Mice eggs made in Petri dish for first time
Japanese researchers have turned mouse stem cells into germ cells that give rise to eggs in living mice. These eggs have produced viable offspring through...
Three reasons why your surrogacy deal could go south
Three surrogacy nightmares plucked from recent headlines According to the glossy Hollywood gossip mags, a baby via a surrogate mother has brought celebrity news host...
Significant stress after witnessing assisted suicide
Relatives and friends of a person who commits assisted suicide have a high rate of post-traumatic stress disorder and depression, according to a Swiss study...
Bioethics on the campaign trail
The Hastings Center, a leading bioethics think tank in New York, has created a table comparing the positions of Democrat President Barack Obama and Republican...