Themed Articles

Eating Stupid Pigs

Marco Kaisth asks, could radical genetic engineering create ethical factory farms?
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Informing People About Their Genetic Risks

Jan Deckers and Dominic Hall ask whether relatives of patients with a genetic disease should be told that they themselves are at an increased risk.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Can We Trust Medical Science?

Simon Kolstoe says that all is not well with medicine.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Doctor-Patient Relationships

Paul Walker ponders the best type of relationship between a doctor and a patient.
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Henrietta’s Story

Vincent Lotz asks who should have the decisive power over someone’s cells after their death: their family, or the medical community?
[Issue 119: April/May 2017]

Is There A Human Right To Internet Access?

Jesse Tomalty considers what human rights are and how they’re justified.
[Issue 118: February/March 2017]

Hens, Ducks, & Human Rights In China

Vittorio Bufacchi & Xiao Ouyang discuss some philosophical & linguistic difficulties.
[Issue 118: February/March 2017]

The Absolute In-Practice Human Right Against Torture

Ian Fishback argues that torture should never be allowed in practice.
[Issue 118: February/March 2017]

What Are Human Rights?

Tim Dare considers how far human rights claims can stretch.
[Issue 118: February/March 2017]

The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

[Issue 118: February/March 2017]

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