Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford The recent world-first heart transplant from a genetically modified pig to a human generated both headlines and ethical questions. Many of those questions related to the ethics of xenotransplantation.…

Written by Doug McConnell Most ethicists would agree that the climate emergency is one of the most serious ethical problems society has ever faced, yet the focus of most of our work is elsewhere. In his piece, “Philosophical Fiddling While …

By Dominic Wilkinson, Julian Savulescu and Jonathan Pugh The decision about whether to grant tennis star Novak Djokovic a visa allowing him to stay in Australia to compete in the Australian Open Championship has generated significant contro…

There are many corrosive forms of discrimination. But one of the most dangerous is the bias in favour of consciousness, and the consequent denigration of the unconscious. We see it everywhere. It’s not surprising. For when we’re…

By Rebecca Brown The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted various cracks in the function of our public institutions. One notable concern is the way in which scientific – including health – information is communicated to the public. Communicati…

Crosspost with the Conversation, read the original article here   by Alberto Giubilini (University of Oxford) and Helen Kennedy (University of Sheffield)   COVID passes for England were given the green light in parliament in Decem…

By Ben Davies In the early hours of Friday morning last week, the long-Conservative UK constituency of North Shropshire caused some political upset (and no little political joy) by electing a Liberal Democrat, Helen Morgan. It is hard to ex…

Written by Alberto Giubilini and Julian Savulescu. Cross-Posted from The Conversation  Shutterstock Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford and Alberto Giubilini, University of Oxford Unvaccinated mother, 27, dies with coronavirus as her fat…

by Roger Crisp For some, the end-of-year holiday offers a little time for relaxation, and perhaps also some general reflection independent of the particular issues one has been thinking about over the year. I’d like to recommend starting wi…

Written by Julian Savulescu, Dominic Wilkinson, and Jonathan Pugh As coronavirus infections surge across Europe, and with the threat of the omicron variant looming, countries are imposing increasingly stringent pandemic controls. In Austria…