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Video Series: Jeff McMahan Excerpt on Conscientious Objection
Jeff McMahan speaking at the closing session of the “Conscience and Conscientious Objection Conference in Healthcare” event, November 2015 (Oxford)
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Video Interview with Alberto Giubilini on conscientious objection in healthcare
In the second of a series of interviews by Dr Katrien Devolder which the Practical Ethics in the News blog is currently hosting Alberto Giubilini argues against conscientious objection in healthcare. See the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY2XY7uXUfA Please see here to read further on this issue, and to see information on the recent conference on conscience and conscientious objection
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Cross Post – Most powerful lesson from Ebola: We do not learn our lessons
BY MAXWELL J. SMITH & ROSS E.G. UPSHUR This article is cross posted from the OUPblog. To see the original article please follow this link: http://bit.ly/1mjAg0Z ‘Ebola is a wake-up call.’ This is a common sentiment expressed by those who have reflected on the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It is a
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Announcement: Future of Humanity Institute advertises four research positions
The Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford invites applications for four research positions. We seek outstanding applicants with backgrounds that could include computer science, mathematics, economics, technology policy, and/or philosophy. The Future of Humanity Institute is a leading research centre in the University of Oxford looking at big-picture questions for human civilization. We
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When People Work Together is Less More or Less (and is More Less or More)?
Written by Andreas Kappes This is an unedited version of Andreas Kappes’ article which was originally published on The Conversation Twitter:@ankappes Doping in sports often gives us intriguing insights not only into how we think about right and wrong1, but also into our intuitions about performance. In the aftermath of the latest doping scandal, for instance, Arsene
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Reporting on a Recent Event: Conscience And Conscientious Objection In Healthcare Conference
The Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics (University of Oxford) and the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (Charles Sturt University) hosted a conference on conscientious objection in medicine and the role of conscience in healthcare practitioners’ decision making; The Conscience And Conscientious Objection In Healthcare Conference. It was held at the Oxford Martin School
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If abolishing China’s one child policy led to more children, would it be so bad?
Written by Simon Beard This is an unedited version of a paper which was originally published on The Conversation: please see here to read the original article After 35 years, the Chinese government recently announced the abolition of its controversial one child policy for one that will allow all Chinese citizens to have up to two
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Gene Editing: A CBC Interview of Margaret Somerville and Julian Savulescu
The following is a transcript of an interview conducted by Jim Brown from Canadian Broad Casting Corporation’s program, The 180, on 3 December between Margaret Somerville and Julian Savulescu Margaret Somerville is the Founding Director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law, the Samuel Gale Chair in Law and Professor in the Faculty of
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Defaults, status quo, and disagreements about sex
Scott Alexander has a thoughtful piece about who gets to set the default in disagreements about what is reasonable. He describes a couple therapy session where one member is bored with his sex life and goes kinky clubbing, to the anger of his strongly monogamous partner. Yet both want to stay together at least for
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Video Interview with Professor Jeff McMahon on Increasing Airstrikes in Syria — The Ethics of War
In the first of a series of video interviews by Dr Katrien Devolder hosted by the Practical Ethics in the News blog, Jeff McMahan discusses the war in Syria. In the aftermath of the Paris terror attacks, the US and France increased the number of airstrikes in Syria. Is this increase justified? See the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rd3-YrtVMoU