Climbing the Pension Mountain: A Review of Michael Otsuka’s 2020 Uehiro Centre Lecture Series
Written by Professor Larry Locke (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and LCC International University) On three successive Tuesdays last November, Michael Otsuka of the London School of Economics delivered the annual Uehiro Centre Lecture Ser…
Read MoreIn Defence of Pretentiousness
Written by Neil Levy In Paul Brok’s book Into the Silent Land, the English neuropsychologist tells the story of Michael. Following a head injury, Michael is disinhibited. When he first returned from rehab, he lived on a diet of fish fingers…
Read MoreCould vaccine requirements for entering pubs be wrong, while closing pubs altogether is OK?
By Tom Douglas Suppose that, before you could enter a pub, you had to produce a ‘vaccine passport’ showing that you had been vaccinated against the new coronavirus. Vaccine requirements like this are controversial. In the UK, the governmen…
Read MoreDNACPR Orders in a Pandemic: Misgivings and Misconceptions.
by Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics This week, the Care Quality Commission (CQC) published an interim report into resuscitation decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a number of media outlets, the report found that in the fi…
Read MoreThe Libertarian Argument Is the Best Argument Against Immunity Passports. But is it good enough?
Written by Julian Savulescu and Alberto Giubilini The government has reportedly flirted with the introduction of vaccination passports that would afford greater freedoms to people who have been vaccinated for COVID-19. However, the UK’s Min…
Read MoreMandatory Morality: When Should Moral Enhancement Be Mandatory?
By Julian Savulescu Together with Tom Douglas and Ingmar Persson, I launched the field of moral bioenhancement. I have often been asked ‘When should moral bioenhancement be mandatory?’ I have often been told that it won’t be effective if it…
Read MoreCross post: Pandemic Ethics: Should COVID-19 Vaccines Be mandatory? Two Experts Discuss
Written by Alberto Giubilini (Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics and WEH, University of Oxford ) Vageesh Jaini (University College London) (Cross posted with the Conversation) To be properly protective, COVID-19 vaccines need …
Read MoreRefusal Redux. Revisiting Debate About Adolescent Refusal of Treatment.
by Prof Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics Last month, in an emergency hearing, the High court in London heard a case that characterises a familiar problem in medical ethics. A 15 year old adolescent (known as ‘X’) with a long-standing medic…
Read MoreAntenatal Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic: Couples As Dyads
Written by Rebecca Brown During the pandemic, many healthcare services have been reduced. One instance of this is the antenatal care of expectant mothers. Ordinarily, partners of pregnant women are permitted to attend appointments. T…
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