Why don’t we just replace professional sports with paté baking already?
As the new season started, there was in the United States debates around the health of participants, responsibilities in and the ethics of American football. In September this year, a 16-year-old player died after a collision with another p…
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Saving administration costs or saving lives?
By Lucius Caviola & Nadira Faulmüller Imagine a car company advertising as follows: “90c of any dollar you pay for your car goes directly to building cars. Only 10% of our expenses go into planning, designing, and advertising them.” Suc…
Read MoreOne Success in Research Ethics
Research ethics committees often behave unethically*. One example is their failure to understand the ethical basis for obtaining consent and the appropriate limitations. There is a simple rule – “get consent”. I discuss this in greater deta…
Read MoreThe devil is real, and we all know him
It is Halloween, the day when the dead walk and the devil rides. We’re plagued by children who are risking diabetes, if not their immortal souls, by demanding the sort of sweets you only give to kids you hate. The Christians down the road, …
Read MoreHow Important Is Population Ethics?
We face very important decisions about climate change policy, healthcare prioritization, energy consumption, and global catastrophic risks. To what extent can the field of population ethics contribute to real-world decisions on issues like…
Read MoreMoral Enhancement Won’t Work For The Very Reason It Is Claimed To Be Desirable
Guest Post: Alexander Andersson, MA student in practical philosophy, University of Gothenburg Email: gusandall[at]student.gu.se In Unfit for the Future: The Need for Moral Enhancement, Ingmar Persson and Julian Savulescu argue that we, as a…
Read MoreEquality and the Clinical Trial Dating Agency
The first advert for the sale of a clinical trial place offers, for $2 million, the chance to participate as a patient in a trial investigating the Farmington virus (FARV) and its potential efficacy in treating certain forms of brain tumour…
Read MoreFacebook and Apple – Increasing choice and control or creating biased solutions?
Reproductive technologies were in the headlines when Facebook and Apple announced they would offer female employees a $20,000 benefit to freeze their eggs. According to the report, this enables women to delay child bearing for different rea…
Read MoreHarsher sentences for murder of a police officer: what are the arguments?
The recent media coverage of the Parole Board’s decision to release Harry Roberts after serving his (minimum) murder sentence has reignited debate over how those convicted of killing a police officer should be punished. The fact that the pe…
Read MoreRelaxed about dying?
“Now we must wait, wait. These hours…. The gurgling starts again — but how slowly a man dies! …By noon I am groping on the outer limits of reason. …every gasp lays my heart bare.” Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front In Rema…
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