We use ‘Javanese philosophical ethics’ to refer to widely noted patterns in ethical thought that emphasize harmony, duty, and acceptance as foundations for living. In traditional Javanese thought, ...
In a forthcoming book titled The Emerging Tradition of Secular Bioethics , we take up Parker’s timely question, ‘How should the role(s) of bioethics be understood in the context of a world of intense ...
This article responds to Ryan’s and Savulescu’s claim that semaglutide enhances autonomy by reducing problematic desires. Drawing on Frankfurt’s hierarchical model of autonomy, this article argues ...
In response to the Cass Review, Giordano offers a vital critique of how clinical trials have been framed as a precondition for access to puberty blockers for trans youth in England.1 Giordano ...
In ‘Digital Twins for Trans People in Healthcare: Queer, Phenomenological and Bioethical Considerations’,1 we examine the use of digital twin (DT) technology for transgender individuals. Our central ...
The marketing of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in the psychopharmacological industry presents a serious moral problem for the corporate model of medicine. In this paper I examine ethical ...
Correspondence to Dr Rosalind J McDougall, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne 3010, Victoria, Australia; rmcdo{at}unimelb.edu.au Young ...
On 11 September 2019, the verdict was read in the first prosecution of a doctor for euthanasia since the Termination of Life on Request and Assisted Suicide (Review Procedures) Act of 2002 was ...
Correspondence to Professor Charles Foster, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UL,UK; Charles.Foster{at}gtc.ox.ac.uk Over the last quarter of a century, English medical law has taken an ...
Correspondence to Charlotte Mary Duffee, Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1K7, Canada; ...
The Groningen protocol allows for the euthanasia of severely ill newborns with a hopeless prognosis and unbearable suffering. We understand the impetus for such a protocol but have moral and ethical ...
When is it permissible for medical professionals to withhold a medical intervention? Several considerations might immediately be deemed morally relevant to such a decision. Does the medical ...