On Thursday 12 May 2016, Dr Nina Hallowell delivered the first St Cross Special Ethics Seminar of Trinity Term.  The talk is available to listen to here http://media.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/uehiro/TT16_STX_Hallowell.mp3 Title:  The role of ther…

By Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics  and Keyur Doolabh, Medical Student, Monash University Towards the end of last year, and over the first months of 2016, there were alarming reports of the explosive spread of Zika virus infection in Sout…

Written by   Rachel New, researcher University of Oxford, and  Nadira Faber, Research Fellow University of Oxford. This article was originally published by The Conversation   Time to cooperate. Hands by Shutterstock   The Paris agreeme…

This article was originally published by The Conversation Written by Jim A.C. Everett, PhD Candidate, University of Oxford  and Molly Crockett, Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford Imagine that an out of cont…

Nearly everyone would agree that a device or drug that relieves pain, or alleviates symptoms of depression confers a benefit – plausibly, a substantial benefit – on its user. No matter what your goals are, no matter what you enjoy, you are …

(Photo: Daily Telegraph) I am a bitter opponent of private education. All my political hackles rise whenever the subject is mentioned. Yet of my four currently school-aged children, one (‘A’) is educated privately (at a specialist choir sch…

Written by: Rajiv Shah, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge Donald Trump suggested that women who have abortions should face punishment. For that he was criticised by both the pro-choice side and the pro-life side. The la…

The Panama Papers comprise a leak of 11.5 million files from Mossack Fonseca, the world’s fourth biggest offshore law firm. The leak has tainted the reputations of many celebrities, and some public officials have been forced to resign, incl…

by Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics Consultant neonatologist, Director of Medical Ethics   Next week, junior doctors in England and Wales will be taking part in industrial action for 15 hours over two successive days. This is the late…

Written by Simon Beard, Research Associate at the Center for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge How can we study the pathogens that will be responsible for future global pandemics before they have happened? One way is to…