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 …

Dr Steve Clarke (Charles Sturt University) argues that we should use military tribunals for conscientious objectors in the military as a model for dealing with conscientious objection in healthcare.  

Pedro Jesús Pérez Zafrilla. Lecturer in Moral Philosophy. Department of Moral Philosophy. (University of Valencia) The development of neurosciences has had a major impact on the field of philosophy. In this respect, Spanish philosophy is no…

By Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatal Ethics, Director of medical ethics Why should we care about what happens to future generations? What reason do we have to sacrifice our own well-being and interests for the sake of people who will exist after …

In an interview with Dr Katrien Devolder, Professor Julian Savulescu (Oxford) argues that doctors should not impose their religious or non-religious values on patients if this conflicts with the delivery of basic public healthcare.  

Written By William Isdale and Prof. Julian Savulescu This article was originally published by The Conversation   Last year, an estimated 12 to 15 registered organ donors and candidates for donation had their decision thwarted by relati…

Should vegans eat meat to be ethically consistent? And other moral puzzles from the latest issue of the Journal of Practical Ethics By Brian D. Earp (@briandavidearp) The latest issue of The Journal of Practical Ethics has just been publish…

Joshua Shepherd Misbehaving corporations are in the news again. In the New York Times, Jack Ewing and Graham Bowley provide an interesting look into the ‘corporate culture’ behind Volkswagen’s emissions-cheating scandal. As Ewing and Bowley…

Written by Tom Douglas This is an unedited version of an article originally published by The Conversation   ‘Calais Jungle Camp littered with asbestos’, ‘Buckingham Palace could be vacated to remove asbestos’, ‘Safety concerns for refu…

Jeff McMahan speaking at the closing session of the “Conscience and Conscientious Objection Conference in Healthcare” event, November 2015 (Oxford)