Cross Post – Most powerful lesson from Ebola: We do not learn our lessons
BY MAXWELL J. SMITH & ROSS E.G. UPSHUR This article is cross posted from the OUPblog. To see the original article please follow this link: http://bit.ly/1mjAg0Z ‘Ebola is a wake-up call.’ This is a common sentiment expressed b…
Read MoreAnnouncement: Future of Humanity Institute advertises four research positions
The Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford invites applications for four research positions. We seek outstanding applicants with backgrounds that could include computer science, mathematics, economics, technology policy, a…
Read MoreWhen People Work Together is Less More or Less (and is More Less or More)?
Written by Andreas Kappes This is an unedited version of Andreas Kappes’ article which was originally published on The Conversation Twitter:@ankappes Doping in sports often gives us intriguing insights not only into how we think abou…
Read MoreReporting on a Recent Event: Conscience And Conscientious Objection In Healthcare Conference
The Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics (University of Oxford) and the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (Charles Sturt University) hosted a conference on conscientious objection in medicine and the role of conscience in health…
Read MoreIf abolishing China’s one child policy led to more children, would it be so bad?
Written by Simon Beard This is an unedited version of a paper which was originally published on The Conversation: please see here to read the original article After 35 years, the Chinese government recently announced the abolition of its co…
Read MoreGene Editing: A CBC Interview of Margaret Somerville and Julian Savulescu
The following is a transcript of an interview conducted by Jim Brown from Canadian Broad Casting Corporation’s program, The 180, on 3 December between Margaret Somerville and Julian Savulescu Margaret Somerville is the Founding Director of …
Read MoreDefaults, status quo, and disagreements about sex
Scott Alexander has a thoughtful piece about who gets to set the default in disagreements about what is reasonable. He describes a couple therapy session where one member is bored with his sex life and goes kinky clubbing, to the anger of h…
Read MoreVideo Interview with Professor Jeff McMahon on Increasing Airstrikes in Syria — The Ethics of War
In the first of a series of video interviews by Dr Katrien Devolder hosted by the Practical Ethics in the News blog, Jeff McMahan discusses the war in Syria. In the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, the US and France increased the numb…
Read MoreEngineering a Consensus: Edit Embryos for Research, Not Reproduction
Written by Dr Chris Gyngell, Dr Tom Douglas and Professor Julian Savulescu A crucial international summit on gene editing continues today in Washington DC. Organised by the US National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Medicine, the …
Read MoreThe Ethics of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes and Gene-Drive Technology
Written by Jonathan Pugh This is an unedited version of a paper by Dr Pugh which was originally published on The Conversation: please see here to read the original article In a startling development in ‘gene-drive’ technology, a team of res…
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