Bioethics

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Revisiting the “after-birth abortion” controversy

Shimon Glick | 08 May 2013 |

tags: after-birth abortion, bioethics, Jewish medical ethics

An expert on Jewish medical ethics says that the slippery slope is very real, no matter what some bioethicists may say.

The other controversial legacy

Michael Cook | 16 April 2013 |

tags: bioethics, IVF, Nobel Prize, Robert Edwards

Robert Edwards, the inventor of IVF, died two days after Margaret Thatcher. History may show that his impact was even greater than hers.

Engineering our way to a eugenic future

Philippa Taylor | 12 April 2013 |

tags: bioethics, eugenics, UK

The UK fertility regulator has proposed a "minor" procedure with momentous consequences which is legal nowhere else in the world.

Get out your stripey socks

Mary O'Neill Le Rumeur | 20 March 2013 |

tags: bioethics, Down syndrome

... and celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. It's time to explode the myths and fears that surround this condition.

Let human bodies stay priceless

Margaret Somerville | 19 March 2013 |

tags: bioethics, commodification, market economy, utilitarianism

Turning organs into commercially-traded commodities will subtly alter our relationships.

Who am I? The building of bionic man

William E. Carroll | 05 March 2013 |

tags: bioethics, bionic man, enhancement

The invention of Rex, a bionic man with artificially created organs, helps us see why it is impossible for any machine to be a human being.

Six lessons from death in Belgium

Michael Cook | 24 January 2013 |

tags: Belgiium, bioethics, euthanasia

The world was shocked when Belgian doctors euthanased deaf twins who could not bear to be separated.

Halloween bioethics

Michael Cook | 30 October 2012 |

tags: bioethics, disaster preparedness, zombies

How prepared are you for a zombie apocalypse? Is it ethical to kill zombies? Do zombies have human rights?

“Soon our happy hearts will quiver”

Michael Cook | 16 October 2012 |

tags: bioethics, secularism, transhumanism

Are bioethicists reviving mediaeval inquiries into how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

The new sexual predators

Alana S. Newman | 12 October 2012 |

tags: bioethics, egg donation, surrogacy

It used to be just men looking for one-night stands. Now it's older women and gay men seeking their eggs.

A Nobel Prize for ethics?

Michael Cook | 09 October 2012 |

tags: bioethics, stem cell ethics, stem cell research

This year's Nobel Prize for Medicine was shared by a Briton and a Japanese who respects the dignity of the human embryo.

The link between rented wombs and gay marriage

Michael Cook | 19 July 2012 |

tags: bioethics, same-sex marriage, surrogacy

If marriage leads to children, same-sex marriage must inevitably lead to surrogacy and exploitation.

Is Peter Singer a spokesman for the human condition?

Amin Abboud | 15 June 2012 |

tags: Australia, bioethics, Peter Singer

This week the Australian government conferred its highest civil honour upon a notorious philosopher.

Could geoengineering save the planet?

Michael Cook | 25 May 2012 |

tags: bioethics, climate change, geoengineering

And who is thinking about the ethics of a technological quick fix?

Better than IVF

Anthony J. Caruso | 12 May 2012 |

tags: bioethics, fertility, IVF

Infertility is a complex problem. But one thing is certain: don't make children a postscript to a career.

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