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…

Written by: Alberto Giubilini, Julian Savulescu *A version of this blogpost appears as an article in the Spectator*   Governments are at it again. It has become an involuntary reflex. A few days after South Africa sequenced and identif…

Written by: Dominic Wilkinson, and Jonathan Pugh On discovering the omicron variant, many countries moved quickly to impose travel restrictions and other public health measures, such as compulsory mask wearing. But, given the lack of data, …

Written by Neil Levy I recently received an email from someone about a grant application in which I’m involved.  In this email, the person coordinating the grant asked recipients to suggest revisions to the text, but noted that as it stood …