Tag: "bioethics"

Moral Enhancement

Julian Savulescu and Ingmar Persson argue that artificial moral enhancement is now essential if humanity is to avoid catastrophe.
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Human Enhancement]

A Moderate Approach To Enhancement

Michael Selgelid offers a cautionary perspective on genetic enhancement.
[Issue 91: July/August 2012: Human Enhancement]

Making An Effort To Understand

David Wong illustrates moral relativism with some telling examples.
[Issue 82: January/February 2011: The Death of Morality]

On Reviving Socrates

by Andrea Nicki
[Issue 82: January/February 2011: Poetry]

GM vs Climate Change

Andrew Lewis considers the ethics of using GM to help prevent global warming.
[Issue 65: January/February 2008: Green Philosophy]

A Re-Evaluation of All Values?

William Robins on genetics and Nietzsche’s Will to Power.
[Issue 65: January/February 2008: Articles]

Biotechnologies: Tweaking Here, Tuning There. Is that all we need?

Following on from last issue’s focus on medical ethics and bioethics, Inmaculada de Melo-Martín says we aren’t thinking deeply enough about what the problems with bioethics really are.
[Issue 56: July/August 2006: Articles]

The End of Suffering

Pleasure for the People! Katherine Power considers whether there should be more opiates for the masses (including opium?), but settles for nuts and seeds.
[Issue 56: July/August 2006: Heresy]

Xenotransplantation: For and Against

by Ololade Olakanmi and Laura Purdy
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Bioethics]

Bioethics Now

Jeffrey Spike explains the place of medical ethics within bioethics and in relation to philosophy.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Bioethics]