Julian Savulescu Womb transplants are again in the news as Richard Paulson, president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), said there was no reason to believe that the treatment could not work for transgender wom…

Written by Nadira Faber This post was originally published on The Conversation We routinely work together with other people. Often, we try to achieve shared goals in groups, whether as a team of firefighters or in a scientific collaboration…

Written by Alberto Giubilini:  Oxford Martin School and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and the Humanities, University of Oxford   Vaccination has received a lot of media attention over the past few months following recent measles outbreaks…

Guest Post by Nathan Hodson  * Please note that this article is being cross-posted from the Journal of Medical Ethics Blog  Research in robotics promises to revolutionize surgery. The Da Vinci system has already brought the first fruits of …

Written by Roger Crisp At the start of book II of what is perhaps the most famous work in western philosophy, Plato’s Republic, one of the characters in the dialogue, Glaucon, tells Socrates the story of a Lydian shepherd, Gyges. Gyges, hav…

Julian Savulescu   Contains spoilers for both Blade Runner films. This is a longer version of a shorter piece without spoilers, Blade Runner 2049: Identity, Humanity, and Discrimination, in Pursuit  Blade Runner 2049, like the original…

Written by Julian Savulescu A version of this article has been published by The Conversation Epicurus wrote: “Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. &#8221…

Written by Ben Bambery and Julian Savulescu Rosie Anderson, aged 8, died from influenza infection last Friday the 15th of September. Her tragic death followed the recent death of young father, Ben Ihlow, aged 30, who died suddenly on Father…