MSt in Practical Ethics
The MSt in Practical Ethics is now open for applications for 2025. The MSt offers high-quality training in practical ethics, drawing on the internationally recognised expertise of Oxford’s Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, the Ethox Centr…
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Legislating for Influence: The Case of Abortion Safe Zones
by Thomas Mitchell In September last year, the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Act 2024 came into effect. This Act establishes safe zones of 200 metres in all directions around clinics offering abortion services, withi…
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Iatrogenic to AI-trogenic Harm: Nonmaleficence in AI healthcare
By S. Tom de Kok Artificial Intelligence (AI) in healthcare promises to revolutionize diagnostics, treatments, and efficiency, but it is not infallible. What happens when these promises are accompanied by harms that are difficult to define,…
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Stop asking if remote workers are lazy – Focus on Directing Effort Effectively
I believe that the debate about remote work reveals fundamental misconceptions about what laziness really means. When we label someone as lazy—a criticism that can have severe consequences for an individual’s career and wellbeing—we should …
Read MoreCollective Responsibility and collective meeting of needs, and the question of Land redistribution in Zimbabwe
Written by Dr Dennis Masaka, Great Zimbabwe University and AfOx Fellow at the Uehiro Oxford Institute https://www.uehiro.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-dennis-masaka In my proposed work as an AfOx Fellow at Oxford, I seek to initiate a conversation aro…
Read MoreAssisted dying: what we might learn from experience of other controversial decisions in medicine
Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford Following the second reading (and parliamentary support) of Labour MP Kim Leadbetter’s terminally ill adults (end of life) bill on November 29, much of the public debate in England and Wales will now …
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Cross-post: Roundtable discussion “From Covid-19 to MPox: Lessons from The Humanities?”
by Tolulope Osayomi and Mofeyisara Omobowale / first published 25th November on Torch News The roundtable discussion “From Covid-19 to MPox: Lessons from The Humanities? “, organized by Medical Humanities Hub at TORCH and the Uehi…
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The “Terminally Ill Adults Bill” in England and Wales: Which questions are relevant, and which ones are not?
The Terminally Illl Adults (End of Life) Bill is really about the nature and role of the healthcare profession
Read MoreCourt rules that patients have a right to disbelieve doctors
Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford; Bryanna Moore, University of Rochester, and Johnna Wellesley, The University of Texas Medical Branch There is a clear ethical and legal principle that adults have a right to make decisions about thei…
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Is it ever OK for scientists to experiment on themselves?
Jonathan Pugh, University of Oxford; Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford, and Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. A virolo…
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What are the Ethics of Sending a Person to a Country They are not From?
Written by Eliora Henzler, MSt in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford EXTRATERRITORIAL MIGRATION MANAGEMENT How can states ethically justify deporting individuals to third countries? In October 2024, a ship of the Italian coast guard dis…
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