Conscience Rights or Conscience Wrongs?: Debating Conscientious Objection in Healthcare
Written by: David Albert Jones, Anscombe Bioethics Centre & Alberto Giubilini, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford For the purpose of this debate (held online…
Read MorePandemic Ethics: Should Santa Claus Deliver Christmas Presents This Year? Preparing For Our First COVID-19 Christmas
Written by: Alberto Giubilini; Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, & Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford It’s that time of the year again, when Christmas decorations start to appear way too early in sh…
Read MorePandemic Ethics: Social Distancing for Animals
Why do we force animals into close contact with each other, and with humans, while encouraging or even requiring humans to keep apart? Dangerous viruses do not distinguish between human and non-human vectors, so why do we?
Read MoreCOVID-19: Ethical Guidelines for the Exit Strategy
Alberto Giubilini Julian Savulescu Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics University of Oxford Supported by the UKRI/AHRC funded project “The Ethical Exit Strategy” (Grant number AH/V006819/1) https://practicalethics.web.ox.ac.uk/ethical…
Read MoreCoronavirus: Why I Support the World’s First COVID Vaccine Challenge Trial
Lesterman/Shutterstock Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford Two months ago I received an email from a colleague inviting me to join a global campaign to support a form of vaccine research that would involve deliberately infecting volunte…
Read MoreVideo Series: Covid-19 Who Should Be Vaccinated First?
After healthcare and some other essential workers, it might seem the most obvious candidates for a Covid-19 vaccine (if we have one) are the elderly and other groups that are more vulnerable to the virus. But Alberto Giubilini argues that p…
Read MoreSome Questions for the University of Oxford about their Covid-19 Advice
Written by University of Oxford DPhil Student, Tena Thau Yesterday, Oxford sent out an email to students, informing us that we would be asked to sign this Covid-19 Student Responsibility Agreement, before the start of term in October…
Read MoreVideo Series: Are Coronavirus Contact Tracing Apps Safe?
Are contact tracing apps safe? Dr Carissa Véliz (Oxford), author of ‘Privacy is Power’, explains why we should think twice about using such apps. They pose a serious risk to our privacy, and this matters, even if you think you …
Read MoreMust Clinical Ethics Committees Involve Patients or Families in their Meetings?
By Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics and Michael Dunn @ethical_mikey In a high court case reported last week, a judge strongly criticised a London hospital’s clinical ethics committee (CEC). The case related to disputed treatment for a grav…
Read MorePandemic Ethics: Good Reasons to Vaccinate: COVID19 Vaccine, Mandatory or Payment Model?
The best chance of bringing the Coronavirus pandemic to an end with the least loss of life and the greatest return to normality seems to be the introduction of an effective vaccine. But how should such a vaccine be distributed? To be effec…
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