Guest Post: Charles C. Camosy, Assistant Professor of Theology,Fordham University, New York City Despite the wide public outcry over their article, Giubilini and Minerva’s arguments in defense of infanticide are nothing new. Peter Singer ha…

Editor’s note: we received this communiqué from Professor John Harris, who wishes to clear up any misreading of his position on infanticide. I wish to clarify my position on infanticide to correct the impression that infanticide is so…

By: Prof. Kenneth Boyd, Revd Professor Emeritus of Medical Ethics, Associate Editor, JME Coming up to me at a meeting the other day, an ethics colleague waved a paper at me. “Have you seen this ?”  she asked,  “It’s unbelievable!” The paper…

Editorial note: John Harris has responded to this post to clarify his position on infanticide. You can find the relevant post here. The Journal of Medical Ethics prepublished electronically an article by Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Mine…

“Shyness, bereavement and eccentric behaviour could be classed as a mental illness under new guidelines, leaving millions of people at risk of being diagnosed as having a psychiatric disorder, experts fear,” reads the title of a news articl…

We’re probably approaching a point where blue-collar crime could be eradicated, one way or the other. But the way does matter: we could eradicate crime through ubiquitous surveillance, or through drug treatments/targeted lobotomies to…

Electoral reform is an often-discussed topic.  But the issues often concern minor modifications to the status quo. Here I suggest an entirely new approach to electing leaders of a country.  It would have numerous benefits over the current s…

The Daily Telegraph reports: Prof Mark Post, of Maastricht University in the Netherlands, yesterday announced the world’s first test tube hamburger would be served up in October. Heston Blumenthal, the experimental chef, will cook the…