Oxford Uehiro Centre Prize in Practical Ethics: ‘Rational Departure’: What Does Stoicism Reveal About Contemporary Attitudes Towards Suicide?
This essay received an honourable mention in the undergraduate category. Written by Ed Lamb, St. Anne’s College Abstract The Stoics’ approach to suicide appears to differ remarkably from our own. By contrasting these two views, I will explo…
Read MoreCongratulations to our Winners and Runners up in the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics 2021
Please join us in congratulating all of the finalists in the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics 2021, and in particular our winners, Imogen Rivers and Lily Moore-Eissenberg. As the Uk continues to be in lockdown due to the pandemic, th…
Read MoreSeminar Recordings: Towards a Plasticity of the Mind – New-ish Ethical Conundrums in Dementia Care, Treatment, and Research
Audio and video recordings of David Lyreskog’s online St Cross Seminar (25 February 2021) are now available.
Read MoreThoughts about Final Thoughts
By Neil Levy I’ve written a brief article for Aeon Magazine, on whether the regrets of the dying give us insight into what really matters. Here’s the first paragraph. How do we find out what really matters in life? One wa…
Read MoreCross Post: Vaccine Passports: Four Ethical Objections, and Replies
Written By Tom Douglas This is a (slightly modified) cross-post from The Brussels Times. Should we all be required to produce a ‘vaccine passport’—proving that we have been vaccinated against Covid-19—before being allowed to enter a cafe, t…
Read MoreWhat Is The Justification For Keeping Lockdown In Place? Two Questions For The UK Government
Written by Alberto Giubilini and Julian Savulescu Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford Given the success of the vaccine roll out in the UK and the higher than expected drop in COVID-19 deaths, it is legitimate to …
Read MoreInoculate to Imbibe? On the Pub Landlord Who Requires You to be Vaccinated against Covid
Written by Isra Black and Lisa Forsberg Elsewhere on the blog Tom Douglas has discussed vaccine requirements for commonplace activities, such as going to the pub, created by the state in the form of law or guidance. Let’s call these vaccine…
Read MoreIs it Irrational Not to Have a Plan? Should There Have Been National Guidance on Rationing in the NHS?
By Dominic Wilkinson and Jonathan Pugh. This is a crosspost from the Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. This is an output of the UKRI Pandemic Ethics Accelerator project. Last April, in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of acad…
Read MoreCross-Post: Self-experimentation with vaccines
By Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu. This is a crosspost from the Journal of Medical Ethics Blog. This is an output of the UKRI Pandemic Ethics Accelerator project. A group of citizen scientists has launched a no…
Read MoreAn Ethical Review of Hotel Quarantine Policies For International Arrivals
Written by: Jonathan Pugh Dominic Wilkinson Julian Savulescu This is an output of the UKRI Pandemic Ethics Accelerator project – it develops an earlier assessment of the English hotel quarantine policy, published by The Convers…
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