Should Russian athletes really be banned from competing in the Rio Olympics?
Julian Savulescu Originally posted in The Conversation The audience vote is a resounding yes, all Russian track and field athletes should be banned from competing. But is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) justified in giving indivi…
Read MoreThe Unfairness of Unattractiveness
In the job market being attractive is advantageous. According to economist Daniel Hamermesh, an attractive man can earn, over a life time, $230,000 more than an unattractive one[1]. Attractive solicitors raise more money for charities[2]. …
Read MoreBring Your Own Boundaries: Pokémon GO and the Challenge of Ambient Fun
By James Williams (@WilliamsJames_) (Words: 2500 | Reading time: 12 minutes | Gross misuses of the ‘Poké-‘ prefix: 6) 1. I’m not a Pokémaster; I haven’t ‘caught them all.’ If you were to hold a gun to my head and force me to ans…
Read MoreWhy ‘smart drugs’ can make you less clever
Nadira Faber Originally posted at The Conversation It is an open secret: while athletes dope their bodies, regular office workers dope their brains. They buy prescription drugs such as Ritalin or Provigil on the internet’s flourishing blac…
Read MoreCross Post: Women’s-Only Swimming Hours: Accommodation Is Not Discrimination
Written by Miriam Rosenbaum and Sajda Ouachtouki This article was originally published in First Things. Women’s-only hours at swimming pools are nothing new. Many secular institutions have long hosted separate swim hours for women and girl…
Read MoreVideo: 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…
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