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Utilitarianism
Savulescu and Harris debate enhancing morality
Michael Cook | 07 December 2012 |
Two utilitarians slug it out over enhancing morality.
Is it better to be minimally conscious than vegetative?
Michael Cook | 07 September 2012 |
The interesting question posed by two Oxford utilitarians, Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu in the Journal of Medical Ethics recently is this: “Is it better to be minimally conscious than vegetative?”
Is prostitution harmful? Nope, says Journal of Medical Ethics
Michael Cook | 01 September 2012 |
Parents can have a duty to use IVF, say bioethicists
Michael Cook | 13 April 2012 |
Yet another controversial utilitarian proposal has popped up in the March issue of the American Journal of Bioethics. Two bioethicists contend that some parents are morally obligated to use pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to create a healthy baby.
Fallout continues from infanticide article
Michael Cook | 19 March 2012 |
The fallout from the “after-birth abortion” article in the Journal of Medical Ethics continues.
Yet another Modest Proposal: save the world from climate change by genetically engineering your kids
Michael Cook | 17 March 2012 |
Modest proposals, in sense given the phrase by the great 18th century satirist Jonathan Swift, are flavour of the month in the bioethics community.
Ethicists give thumbs-up to infanticide
Michael Cook | 25 February 2012 |
If abortion, why not infanticide? This leading question is often treated as a canard by supporters of abortion. However, it is seriously argued by two Italian utilitarians and published online in the prestigious Journal of Medical Ethics this week.
Waste not, want not
Michael Cook | 19 November 2011 |
The editor of the leading journal Bioethics, Udo Schulenk regards capital punishment as a “barbaric practice”, it seems a shame to waste potentially life-saving organs of executed Chinese prisoners. It is a classic example of utilitarian reasoning.
Musings from Peter Singer on the death penalty
Michael Cook | 27 October 2011 |
Somewhat surprisingly, on utilitarian grounds Peter Singer defends the possibility of imposing the death penalty. At this moment, there exists no situation in which it is needed, even for those convicted of genocide. Theoretically, however, there is nothing wrong with it:
Bioethics for your smart phone
Michael Cook | 04 June 2011 |
If you are a fan of Philosophy Bites, the addictive podcast site featuring intelligent 15-minute interviews with professional philosophers about their work, you should like Bio-Ethics Bites. This features leading bioethicists speaking with Nigel Warburton & David Edmonds team.
UK drug addicts bribed to be sterilized
Michael Cook | 22 October 2010 |
American woman exports her scheme
Kill the carnivores, says animal rights philosopher
Michael Cook | 25 September 2010 |
They cause too much suffering
Peter Singer muses on the meaning of life
Michael Cook | 17 June 2010 |
Controversy in New York Times
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