Michael Cook

Michael Cook likes bad puns, bushwalking and black coffee. He did a BA at Harvard University in the US where it was good for networking, but moved to Sydney where it wasn’t. He also did a PhD on an obscure corner of Australian literature. He has worked as a book editor and magazine editor and has published articles in magazines and newspapers in the US, the UK and Australia. Currently he is the editor of BioEdge, a newsletter about bioethics, and MercatorNet. He also writes a bioethics column for Australasian Science.

Mass gatherings: OK. Mass: not OK

Michael Cook | 5 Jun 2020 |

tags:

What happens if the George Floyd protesters fall sick with coronavirus?

Should lockdown protesters forfeit their right to medical care?

Michael Cook | 31 May 2020 |

tags: coronavirus

Some bioethicists have little sympathy for them

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Unclean! Unclean!

Michael Cook | 31 May 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, masks

Maskless shopper sparks panic

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Is bioethics an honest profession? The jury’s still out

Michael Cook | 31 May 2020 |

tags: bioethics

Two practitioners hit back at scepticism

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Covid-19 pandemic strands babies in Georgia, too

Michael Cook | 31 May 2020 |

tags: georgia, surrogacy

Ukraine is not alone

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Armenia takes drastic measures to reverse population decline

Michael Cook | 31 May 2020 |

tags: armenia, feminism, fertility, informed consent

Testing 15-year-olds?

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Immunity passports: a privacy nightmare or the key to ending lockdowns?

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, immunity passports

The WHO opposes the idea

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‘Don’t call them heroes’

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

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The label could hurt healthcare workers

Nobody calls them ‘heroes’ in Russia

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

tags: coronavirus, russia

Healthcare workers viewed as whining money-grubbers

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Ukraine surrogacy agency faces criticism

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

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Catholic prelates call it ‘contempt for human dignity’

‘We’re all vitalists now’, Oxford ethicist tells utilitarians   

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

tags: assisted suicide, euthanasia

Utilitarians have been overlooked

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Can Planet Earth support 108 billion people?

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

tags: transhumanism

Maybe not, but an early transhumanist thought it was a good idea

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Coronavirus quotes, May 23  

Michael Cook | 23 May 2020 |

tags: anthony fauci, coronavirus

Is Anthony Fauci a modern Galileo speaking truth to power?

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How should we tackle conspiracy theories about Covid-19?

Michael Cook | 16 May 2020 |

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Google and Facebook have censored a conspiracy video

Ethical questions surround Parkinson’s stem cell experimental treatment

Michael Cook | 16 May 2020 |

tags: parkinson's disease, stem cell treatments

It seems to work, but bioethicists have questions

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