Cross Post: Western Pharma Companies Should Supply Only Essential Medicines to Russia
Written by Alex Polyakov, The University of Melbourne and Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and overwhelming destruction of property and loss of innocent lives, a number of western companies …
Read MoreAnnouncement: Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School, 15 – 15 July 2022
The Philosophy and Psychiatry Summer School returns this year, 14-15 July, at St Hilda’s College Oxford. Registrations now open and the deadline for the early bird rate is 14th April. Keynote speaker: Essi Viding (Division of Psychol…
Read MoreOxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: Why We Should Negatively Discount the Well-Being of Future Generations
This essay was the winner in the undergraduate category of the 8th Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by Matthew Price, University of Oxford Student Practical ethicists and policymakers alike must grapple with the proble…
Read MoreParliament Psychedelic
Written by Doug McConnell Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, and Liz Truss are on psychedelics at the Palace of Westminster. This isn’t the work of Russian spies who have dusted off the KGB playbook or yet another Downing Street party but, rather,…
Read MoreExercise, Population Health and Paternalism
Written by Rebecca Brown The NHS is emphatic in its confidence that exercise is highly beneficial for health. From their page on the “Benefits of exercise” come statements like: “Step right up! It’s the miracle cure we’ve…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Winners and Runners Up in the 8th Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics
Please join us in congratulating all four of the finalists in the National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics 2022, and in particular our winners, Matthew Price and Lily Moore-Eissenberg. This, the 8th Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Pra…
Read MoreVideo Interview: Julian Savulescu on the Selective Restriction of Liberty During the Pandemic
Many people accept that, to protect public health, it is sometimes acceptable, or morally obligatory, to restrict people’s liberties. But there’s a lot of disagreement about how far these restrictions should go, and whom they should apply t…
Read MoreThe Aliens Are Coming
By Charles Foster It’s said that 2022 is going to be a bumper year for UFO revelations. Secret archives are going to be opened and the skies are going to be probed as never before for signs of extraterrestrial life. This afternoon we …
Read MoreThree Observations about Justifying AI
Written by: Anantharaman Muralidharan, G Owen Schaefer, Julian Savulescu Cross-posted with the Journal of Medical Ethics blog Consider the following kind of medical AI. It consists of 2 parts. The first part consists of a core deep machine…
Read MoreVideo Interview: Should We Vaccinate Young Children Against COVID?
Many who had no doubts whatsoever about having themselves vaccinated against COVID, are much more hesitant when it comes to vaccinating their young children. Is such hesitancy justified? In this Thinking Out Loud interview, Katrien Devolde…
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