Video: Professor Julian Savulescu speaks in the DNA Manipulation Debate at The Oxford Union
The Oxford Union. The Motion: This House Believes the Manipulation of Human DNA is an Ethical Necessity. The Speakers: Julian Savulescu closed the case for the Proposition, as the fifth speaker of six in the debate.
Read MoreArticle Announcement: Should a human-pig chimera be treated as a person?
Professor Julian Savulescu has recently published an article on the treatment of Human-Pig Chimera in the online Aeon Magazine. To read the full article and join in the conversation please follow this link: http://bit.ly/29NUj1c Professo…
Read MoreWon’t Someone Think of the Children?
Andrea Leadsom’s suggestion that being a mother made her a better candidate for being a leader than Theresa May, because it gave her a stake in the future that May lacked, seems to have sunk her leadership bid. The horrified responses to he…
Read MoreIn Praise of Ambivalence—“Young” Feminism, Gender Identity, and Free Speech
By Brian D. Earp (@briandavidearp) Introduction Alice Dreger, the historian of science, sex researcher, activist, and author of a much-discussed book of last year, has recently called attention to the loss of ambivalence as an acceptable at…
Read MoreCross Post: If you can screen for brown eyes, you should be able to edit out genetic disease
Written by Dr Christopher Gyngell, This Article was originally published in The Conversation Not everyone’s choice of scarf. Shutterstock It has long been known that cognitive diversity is important to collective performance. Diverse group…
Read MoreBrexit: lessons from the law
37% of the UK electorate voted to leave the European Community – slightly more than voted to remain. There is evidence that some of them regret their votes. The former editor of the Sun, Kelvin Mackenzie, who voted ‘Leave’, has spoken publi…
Read MoreCross Post: Next time you ask the doctor for some antibiotics – consider whether you’re being immoral
Written by Alberto Giubilini, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics This article was originally published in The Conversation Antimicrobial resistance is the ability of microorganisms causing infections to …
Read MoreAnnouncement: 2016 Effective Altruism Global Research Meeting Call for Abstracts
Location: August 5th to 7th, University of California, Berkeley Abstract Deadline: July 10th Contact: researchmeeting@centerforeffectivealtruism.org Overview The 2016 Effective Altruism Global Research Meeting is an opportunity for Postgrad…
Read MoreWhy is chemical castration being used on offenders in some countries?
Written by Dr Jonathan Pugh This article was originally published on The Conversation The answer for some. Shutterstock Following a horrific act of sexual violence against a 14-year-old girl, the president of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, recentl…
Read MoreThree Black Teenagers
Written by Dr Joshua Shepherd Yesterday the term ‘three black teenagers’ trended heavily on twitter. (see https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/09/three-black-teenagers-anger-as-google-image-search-shows-police-mugshots) The trend…
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