Hell, Damnation, The Royal Wedding, And The Thrashing Of Schoolboys
By Charles Foster Image: Holly Fisher, a Conservative Christian blogger from West Virginia, posing with gun, Bible, and US flag: from www.nydailynews.com There was a near universal consensus that Bishop Michael Curry’s sermon at the weddin…
Read MoreVideo Series: Francesca Minerva on Discrimination Against Unattractive People
Is discrimination against unattractive people (lookism) a serious problem? What are the costs of lookism ? What should we do about lookism? In this interview with Katrien Devolder, Dr Francesca Minerva (Philosopher, Ghent University) addres…
Read MoreDementia and the Social Scaffold of Memory
By Jonathan Pugh The number of individuals suffering with dementia is steadily increasing; as such, the moral issues raised by the neurodegenerative diseases that bring about the symptoms typifying dementia are of pressing practical …
Read MoreWhy It’s Important to Test Drugs on Pregnant Women
By Mackenzie Graham Crosspost from The Conversation. Click here to read the full article. The development of accessible treatment options for pregnant women is a significant public health issue. Yet, very few medications are approved for us…
Read MoreAnnouncement: Vacancy Research Fellow in Applied Moral Philosophy
Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow position (Grade 7: £31,604 – £38,883 p.a.) to conduct research in philosophy and applied ethics for the research project: Neurointerventions in Crime Prevention: An Ethical Anal…
Read MoreI Feel Pretty – Your Practical Ethics Movie Review
By Neil Levy Last week, I found myself seeing a film I hadn’t planned to. The film I wanted to see (The Death of Stalin) was sold out, so rather than miss my weekly fix, I picked the Amy Schumer comedy I Feel Pretty. I don’t mind a chick fl…
Read MoreDoing Good and Being Bad: The Presidents Club, Charity and Moral Licensing.
Last January, an article in the Financial Times broke a story about a men-only charity event run by the Presidents Club, a charitable trust set up to raise money for “worthy children’s causes.” Allegations were made by undercover journalist…
Read MorePress Release: Alfie Evans Case
by Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics In the light of the media attention today, I have gathered together some of the material relating to the ethics of this case
Read MoreVideo Series: Tom Douglas Defends the Chemical Castration of Sex Offenders
The Minister of Justice in the UK wants to dramatically increase the use of chemical castration in sex offenders to reduce their risk of reoffending.Dr Tom Douglas (University of Oxford) argues that offering chemical castration to sex offen…
Read MoreShould Iceland Ban Circumcision? A Legal and Ethical Analysis
By Lauren Notini and Brian D. Earp *Note: a condensed version of this article titled “Iceland’s Proposed Circumcision Ban” is being cross-published at Pursuit. For a small country, Iceland has had a big impact on gl…
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