Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Morality
What can science tell us about morality? Many philosophers would say, 'nothing at all'. Facts don't imply values, they say. you need further argument ...
Bio-Ethics Bites
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Bioethics is the study of the moral implications of new and emerging medical technologies and looks to answer questions such as selling organs, euthanasia and whether should we clone people. The series consists of a series of interviews by leading bioethics academics and is aimed at individuals looking to explore often difficult and confusing questions surrounding medical ethics. The series lays out the issue in a clear and precise way and looks to show all sides of the debate.
Brain Chemistry and Moral Decision-Making
Answers to moral questions, it seems, depend on how much serotonin there is flowing through your brain. In the future might we be able to alter people...
Responsibility
If someone caught me shoplifting, and I was later diagnosed with kleptomania, should I be held responsible? Should I be blamed? There's a growing body...
Selling Organs
Everyday people die in hospitals because there aren't enough organs available for transplant. In most countries of the world - though not all - it is ...
Bio-Ethics Bites
Demand for health care is infinite, but money is finite. So how should we distribute resources? Whom should we help, and why?
Trust
Radically new techniques are opening up exciting possibilities for those working in health care - for psychiatrists, doctors, surgeons; the option to ...
Status Quo Bias
Suppose a genetic engineering breakthrough made it simple, safe and cheap to increase people's intelligence. Nonetheless, if you asked the averagely-i...
Life and Death
If a patient decides she doesn't want to live any longer, should she be allowed to die? Should she be allowed to kill herself? If a patient is in no p...
Moral Status
A stone on the beach, we assume, has no moral status. We can kick or hammer the stone, and we have done the stone no harm. Typical adult human beings ...
Designer Babies
The term 'designer baby' is usually used in a pejorative sense - to conjure up some dystopian Brave New World. There are already ways to affect what k...