All between the ears? Homeopathy and experimental treatments for chronic fatigue syndrome
On Monday, Belgian endocrinologist Francis Coucke appeared before the ‘Orde van Geneesheren’, a national body responsible for enforcing standards within the medical profession. Dr Coucke risks a two year suspension from the profession beca…
Read More‘Spend a day with Charlie Teo’
Over the last few days the Australian media has been covering Sydney based Charlie Teo’s auction of ring side seats in his operating theatre. The auction is reported as raising about $1500 for a children’s cancer charity and while this migh…
Read MoreYou want to publish? Let’s hear all your dirty secrets
Most scientific journals demand declarations by their contributors of any actual or potential conflicts of interests. In the case of contributors to ethics journals, everything about the contributor raises a potential conflict of interest. …
Read MoreThe Ethics of Gamification: Little Rewards for Everything
Notice that the first word of this post is red. Point your mouse cursor at the words as you read them, and each subsequent word will be marked as ‘read’. You are now being graded on how quickly you read these words. And there’s a little rew…
Read MoreForgiveness: respect, autonomy and sovereignty
by Shlomit Harrosh Five years ago Joanne Nodding was violently raped by a man she knew. As part of a restorative justice programme, she has recently met with the man at her own request and with his consent. Nodding told him of her experienc…
Read MoreSolving the Puzzle of the Moral Status of the Embryo and Fetus
In March 2006, 21 yo Cleveland man Christopher Challancin was driving home from a party with his 17 yo girlfriend, Jessica Karos. She was 4 months pregnant. They began to argue about her ability to care for their child. Challancin, who had …
Read MorePenzions and Politicians
Aren’t you glad you’ve got a state pension! I know I am. It’s just great to know the government cares about us and will look after us in our old age. Kind of like having parents, only better because it’s even bigger and even stronger, and n…
Read MoreJoking about ‘the Unluckiest Man in the World’
The BBC and the production company Talkback Thames, after receiving a letter of complaints from the Japanese embassy in London, issued a joint statement of apology about an episode of the popular comedy quiz show QI featuring Tsutomu Yamagu…
Read MoreNew work on neuroethics in Spain.
The growing relevance of neurosciences within Bioethics leads to the appearance of new Centres dedicated to the study of neuroethics around the world. This is the case of a new group just appeared at my home University, the University of Va…
Read MoreHow to feed people dioxin and get away with it
Earlier this month German authorities closed around 4,700 farms following the discovery that pigs and poultry had been given feed contaminated with dioxins, which are thought to be among the most carcinogenic environmental pollutants. Yeste…
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