Gene-free: Can parents refuse genetic testing for their child?
by Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics A critically ill infant in intensive care (let us call him Jonas) has serious congenital abnormalities affecting his liver and brain.1 Doctors looking after Jonas suspect that he may have a major genetic…
Read MoreEvent announcement: European Neonatal Ethics Conference
by Dominic Wilkinson @Neonatalethics The second European Neonatal Ethics Conference is taking place next June (1-2nd) here in Oxford. I’m very pleased to have been asked to chair the conference, and there is a great line-up of …
Read MoreLiving With Other Hominids
Written by Professor Neil Levy The recent discovery of what is claimed to be a distinct species of the genus Homo, our genus, raises to three the number of species that may have co-existed with Homo Sapiens. Homo naledi is yet to be dated, …
Read MoreGuest Post: The moral lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Written by William Isdale University of Queensland This year is the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Are there any moral lessons we can learn from that historical episode? I think so. Recently I delivered a …
Read MoreGuest Post: VW cheating like Obama
Written by Dr Nicholas Shackel Cardiff University Nothing annoys the plunderers more than when the producers try to get away with the tricks that they have reserved to themselves.
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Liberalism and inequality
by Joao Fabiano Why inequality matters Philosophers who argue that we should care about inequality often have some variation of a prioritarian view. For them, well-being matters more for those who are worse off, and we should prioritise imp…
Read MoreWhy It’s OK to Block Ads
Over the past couple of months, the practice of ad blocking has received heightened ethical scrutiny. (1,2,3,4) If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “ad blocking” refers to software—usually web browser plug-ins, but increasingly mobile apps—…
Read MoreGuest Post: Is it Time for Ethics Experts in Lack of Consent Cases?
Written by Daniel Sokol barrister and medical ethicist at 12 King’s Bench Walk, Temple, London This article was first published in the Personal Injury Brief Update Law Journal on 12th October 2015 (http://www.pibriefupdate.com) Following t…
Read MoreIf I were you then I wouldn’t say that: The perils of giving and taking advice
Written by Andreas Kappes The school year just started, but surprisingly, the half-term break is already lurking around the corner, when children have a week off. For a lot of parents this implies seeing their own parents, having them take …
Read MoreSartre vs The Selfie: An Existentialist Critique of Selfie- Taking
Selfie-sticks are notoriously ubiquitous in modern society, and the art of ‘selfie-taking’ may well be something that future analysts identify as being one of the defining sociological trends of this period of history. In this post, I will …
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