Written by Toni Gibea Research Center in Applied Ethics, University of Bucharest My aim is to show that the decision made by ESL (Electronic Sports League) to ban Adderall in e-sport competitions is not the outcome of a well-reasoned ethica…

Written by Darlei Dall’Agnol[1]         Stephen Hawking has recently made two very strong declarations: Philosophy is dead; Artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. I wonder whether there is a close…

A couple of weeks ago, in an airport bar, I met the foundation of modern bioethics. I was crawling back to London: he was heading to JFK. ‘I usually fly First’, was his opening, as we sat on those vertiginous stools. ‘So I’m usually in the …

Do you make the world a worse place by purchasing factory-farmed chicken, or by paying for a seat on a transatlantic flight?  Do you have moral reason to, and should you, refrain from doing these things?  It is very unlikely that any indivi…

 Guest post by Barbara Sahakian, FMedSci, DSc, a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of Cambridge, and president of the International Neuroethics Society. This article was originally published on the Dana Foundation …

Written By Johanna Ahola-Launonen University of Helsinki Chronic diseases, their origins, and issues of responsibility are a prevalent topic in current health care ethics and public discussion; and obesity is among one of the most discussed…

Sadly, though unsurprisingly, Rob Marris’s assisted dying bill has been rejected overwhelmingly by British MPs. The most widely accepted argument in favour of rejecting the bill seems to have been that doing so would protect the vulnerable.

Today, I noticed two news stories: BBC future reported about the Korean work on killer robots (autonomous gun turrets that can identify, track and attack) and BBC news reported on the formation of a campaign to ban sex robots, clearly mirro…