The Chinese pleasure room: ethics of technologically mediated interaction
The author of the webcomic Left Over Soup proposed a sexual equivalent (or parody?) of Searle’s Chinese Room argument, posing some interesting questions about what it means to have sex, consent and relationships if there is technologi…
Read MoreCarissa Véliz on how our privacy is threatened when we use smartphones, computers, and the internet.
Smartphones are like spies in our pocket; we should cover the camera and microphone of our laptops; it is difficult to opt out of services like Facebook that track us on the internet; IMSI-catchers can ‘vacuum’ data from our smartphones; da…
Read MoreInvited Guest Post: Healthcare professionals need empathy too!
Written by Angeliki Kerasidou & Ruth Horn, The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford Recently, a number of media reports and personal testimonies have drawn attention to the intense physical…
Read MoreCross Post: We have a moral obligation to allow drug analysis at music festivals
This article was originally published in The Conversation Written by Julian Savulescu Sir Louis Matheson Distinguishing Visiting Professor at Monash University, Uehiro Professor of Practical Ethics, University of Oxford Connor Rochford Medi…
Read MoreVeterinarians and the best interests of animals
By Charles Foster English law has traditionally, for most purposes, regarded animals as mere chattels. There is now animal welfare legislation which seeks to prevent or limit animal suffering, but provided that legislation is complied with,…
Read MoreDoes late parenthood deprive children of grandparental love?
By Hannah Maslen In a new post, published by Aeon, I argue that, even if there are moral reasons for and against intentionally delaying parenthood (including, amongst other things, the reduced opportunity for grandparental relationships as …
Read MoreCONSENSUS STATEMENT ON CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTION IN HEALTHCARE
On the 7th, 8th, and 9th of June 2016 a group of philosophers and bioethicists gathered at the Brocher Foundation in Geneva, Switzerland, to participate in a workshop on healthcare practitioners’ conscience and conscientious objection in he…
Read MoreAbortion Should Be Decriminalised
Abortion remains a crime in Queensland and NSW in Australia. Queensland Parliament has just decided against decriminalising abortion. However, laws are obsolete and unclear, dating back over 100 years. Around 100,000 abortions are performed…
Read MoreShould we watch the Olympics?
Arthur Caplan and Brendan Parent Cross-posted from OUP Blog, Ethics of Sport: Essential Readings We used to have to take time off from work –or at least leave work early– to watch the Olympics on TV. Now we can thank the engineering marvel…
Read MoreAnnouncement: Research Fellow – Global Terrorism and Collective Moral Responsibility
Applications are invited for a full-time Research Fellow in Philosophy to conduct research and related activities for the ERC Advanced Grant Research Project Global Terrorism and Collective Moral Responsibility: Redesigning Military, Police…
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