Practical Ethics https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Ethics in the Age of AI Home Socials Some reflections on Elena Conis’ lecture “Contextualising the Modern Era of Vaccination” Is Prostitution Just a Job? Stop asking if remote workers are lazy – Focus on Directing Effort Effectively ‘It’s Physical, Not Intellectual’: The Ethics of Correcting Assumptions About Disability National Uehiro Oxford Essay Prize in Practical Ethics Rethinking the Ethics and Politics of the Global Campaign Against Female Genital Cutting Celebrating Women in Ethics #WiE The MSt in Practical Ethics at Oxford University – Apply Before January 28! Helping Museums Think About The Ethics of Cultural Restitution: Introducing The Decision Aid for the Restitution of Cultural Artefacts (DARCA) Practically prompted #4: Carnival, Cameras, and Consent: The Ethics of Live Facial Recognition at Notting Hill New Book: Protecting Minds – The Right Against Mental Interference Equity in Global Health: reflections from the Humanities A Visit to the Bentham Project at University College London (UCL) 2025 Parfit Memorial Lecture – a summary UOI’s First Anniversary! Legislating for Influence: The Case of Abortion Safe Zones Practically Prompted: Introducing an experiment in LLM-generated blog posts Practically Prompted #1: Should We Screen the Womb? Ethical Questions Raised by the New Miscarriage-Risk Test Practically Prompted #3: VPNs Top the App Charts After UK Age-Checks Kick In: What Does “Protecting Children” Justify? Practically Prompted #2 – Regulating the Regulators: Europe’s New AI ‘Code of Practice’ and the Ethics of Voluntary Compliance Congratulations to ‘IDEA’ in Leeds! Profiting from Misery: Is There Something Different About Healthcare Data? When Slowing Down Creates Value ‘Happy Birthday to E-Uni-Well’ Press Replay on Ethics: How AI Debate Panels Surface Hidden Value-Trade-Offs The Duty to Have Courage: Developing the Theory of Epistemic Injustice Mental Health Chatbots: on Truth and Bullshit Medical assistance in dying: what are we talking about? Banning first cousin marriage would be eugenic and ineffective MSt in Practical Ethics The “Terminally Ill Adults Bill” in England and Wales: Which questions are relevant, and which ones are not? Silencing Queer Signals: How Cultural Misuse Prevents the Expression of Queerness Justifying Exclusion From Public Sport Bridging the Gaps: How Language Models Can Connect Ethics, Science, and Policy Bring Back Shame: Does the Ethical Value of Shame Justify Shaming? National Uehiro Oxford Essay Prize in Practical Ethics Practical Ethics Schools Day 2025 ‘Global health’: a problematic concept? The Doctor Will Speak as You Prefer? How AI Could Personalize Medical Communication Dire Wolves and Deep Prompts: Language Models in Applied Ethics Promises and Consent: The Moral Permissibility of Accepting a Promise to Perform an Act That Requires Contemporaneous Consent How Does Social Media Pose a Threat to Autonomy? Uterus Transplants – Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Mexican Context Iatrogenic to AI-trogenic Harm: Nonmaleficence in AI healthcare On plans to extend use of chemical castration for sex offenders in England Collective Responsibility and collective meeting of needs, and the question of Land redistribution in Zimbabwe Can Pornography be Feminist in a Mass Market Economy?