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The End Of The Egg?
written by Neil Levy There are no more free range eggs in the UK. They’re a victim of the pandemic – not COVID, but avian flu. Avian flu is devastating to the poultry industry, most immediately because outbreaks lead to the culling of all the birds. Avian flu can infect humans and has caused multiple
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Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: Terra Nullius, Populus Sine Terra: Who May Settle Antarctica?
This article was the runner up in the undergraduate category of the 2022 National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Written by Leo Rogers, University of Oxford Abstract Who may settle Antarctica? I first argue that there are no significant prior claims to Antarctic territory, which is completely uninhabited. I assume that the environmental case
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Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics: How Should Career Choice Ethics Address Ignorance-Related Harms?
This article received an honourable mention in the graduate category of the 2022 National Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics. Written by Open University student Lise du Buisson Introduction Choosing a career is a decision which governs most of our lives and, in large part, determines our impact on the world around us. Although being fortunate
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The ABC of Responsible AI
Written by Maximilian Kiener Amazon’s Alexa recently told a ten-year-old girl to touch a live plug with a penny, encouraging the girl to do what could potentially lead to severe burns or even the loss of an entire limb.[1] Fortunately, the girl’s mother heard Alexa’s suggestion, intervened, and made sure her daughter stayed safe.
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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 – from McDonalds to Apple – stopped or severely limited their activities in the Russian Federation. One glaring exception
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Announcement: 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 Psychology and Language Sciences, University College London) Summer School Sessions run by: Khaldoon Ahmed (East London NHS Foundation Trust) with Susan Young
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Oxford 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 problem of how to weigh the interests of future people against those of contemporary people. This question is most
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Parliament 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, a near-future professional development program for politicians. The path to this near-future scenario has
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Exercise, 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 all been waiting for” “This is no snake oil. Whatever your age, there’s strong scientific evidence that being physically
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Announcing 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 Practical Ethics was, for the first time, held as a National competition. From 5:30pm on the 15th