Video Series: Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Group Responsibility
Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University and Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow) argues that a group can be responsible for its actions even if no individual from within that group is responsible for those actions.
Read MoreGuest Post: Does Humanity Want Computers Making Moral Decisions?
Albert Barqué-Duran Department of Psychology CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON A runaway trolley is approaching a fork in the tracks. If the trolley is allowed to run on its current track, a work crew of five will be killed. If the driver steers the t…
Read More2nd Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Finals Announcement
The 2nd Annual Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics Final Presentation and Reception HT16 Week 7, Wednesday 2nd March, 4.00 – 5.50 pm. The Presentation will be held in Seminar Room 1, Oxford Martin School (corner of Catte St and Broad St…
Read MoreFive ways to become a really effective altruist
Written by Professor Julian Savulescu and Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong This is a cross-post of an article which was originally published in The Conversation Effective altruism is a philosophy and social movement which aims not only to…
Read MorePodcast: Steve Hyman, Loebel Lecturer 2015, on categorising mental disorders
Oxford Loebel Lecturer 2015, Prof. Steve E. Hyman (Broad Institute at Harvard/MIT), discusses the challenges surrounding the categorisation of mental disorder and the widely-used DSM-V on Philosophy Bites.
Read MoreMindfulness and morality
Every day, for about thirty-five minutes, I sit cross-legged on a cushion with my eyes shut. I regulate my breath, titrating its speed against numbers in my head; I watch my breath surging and trickling in and out of my chest; I feel the ai…
Read MoreVideo Series: Dr Christopher Gyngell on Genetic Modification of Embryos
Dr Christopher Gyngell (Oxford) comments on the HFEA’s decision to give green light to UK researchers to genetically modify human embryos for research. A clear analysis of the most common concerns, and a suggestion for what direction …
Read MoreWhy edited embryos won’t lead to designer babies or eugenics (unless we want it too)
The UK became the first country to officially approve gene editing research in human embryos on Monday. The HFEA decision means experiments in which the genes of embryos are manipulated will likely begin at the Francis Crick Institute withi…
Read MoreShould we prevent Zika microcephaly using birth control?
Dominic Wilkinson, University of Oxford, @Neonatalethics The World Health Organisation is to hold an emergency meeting after considerable concern about the zika virus in South America. The epidemic has been of considerable concern particula…
Read MoreVideo Series: Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong on Conscientious Objection in Healthcare
Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong (Duke University and Oxford Martin School Visiting Fellow) proposes to use the market forces to solve problems of conscientious objection in healthcare in the US. (He also has a suggestion for how to deal …
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