The morally messy world of international NGOs
When are they complicit in the actions of oppressors? The topic of complicity, or cooperation in evil, poses a particular problem for the utilitarian ethics...
Is the World Medical Association going to change on euthanasia?
FIAMC claims that the WMA is planning tacit support for euthanasiaEven though the legalisation of euthanasia has been gathering momentum around the world, the World...
Conscientious objection twisting in the wind in Canada
For years bioethicists of a utilitarian cast have argued that conscientious objection has no place in medicine. Now Canadian courts are beginning to put their...
Canadian court tells doctors they must refer for euthanasia
An Ontario court has told a group of doctors that they must refer for MAiD. An Ontario court has told a group of doctors that...
Conscientious objection and withdrawal of life support
Are British doctors obliged to withdraw life support if requested by a patient? Are British doctors obliged to withdraw life support if requested by a...
UK Parliament to debate conscientious objection
A website, the Free Conscience Campaign, launched to back bill Baroness O'Loan, former Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland A Northern Ireland peer has introduced a...
A halfway house in the conscientious objection debate
Conscientious objection? "We'll call it a draw", says one academic. Conscientious objection has come under fire recently, and several leading bioethics journals have published articles...
The battle over conscientious objection continues
Leading editor responds to his critics The issue of whether conscientious objection should be allowed in the Canadian health system after the legalisation of euthanasia...
Are tribunals the solution to disruptive conscientious objectors?
They need to give reasons for their refusals While some bioethicists believe that conscientious objection has no place in modern medicine, others feel that they...
Leading bioethics editors attack conscientious objection
The editors of two major bioethics journals calling for strict limits on “conscientious objection at the bedside”. The debate over conscientious objection is continuing, with...
Bioethicists challenge right to conscientious objection
Several bioethicists are campaigning for tight restrictions on conscientious objection in healthcare. The debate surrounding conscientious objection in healthcare has intensified in recent months, with...
Savulescu calls for ban on doctors’ conscientious objection
Does it lead to “bigoted, discriminatory medicine”? As politicians in the Australian state of Queensland debate controversial abortion laws, Oxford’s Julian Savulescu is calling for...