Tag: "bioethics"

Three Guys with Failing Organs vs One Guy with Good Organs

Michael Voytinsky finds another take on a classic utilitarian dilemma.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Bioethics]

The Placebo Effect

A short story by Emrys Westacott about drugs, money and bioethics.
[Issue 55: May/June 2006: Short Story]

Justice and Biology, Revisited

Is there a link between biology and ethical behaviour? Alexander E. Hooke takes a look at phrenology and other theories from down the ages. This article is dedicated to Bill Connolly.
[Issue 49: January/February 2005: Articles]

News: March/April 2004

$1 million prize for scholars • Attack of the clones • Philosophy radio hits airwaves • Immanuel Kant bicentenary celebration — News reports by Sue Roberts in London and Lisa Sangoi in New York
[Issue 45: March/April 2004: News]

Carbon Copies

Neill Furr examines the various arguments against human cloning and finds them all flawed. He says we should proceed with caution, but doesn’t think cloning should be banned.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: The Issues]

We’ve Got Issues!

by Rick Lewis
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Editorial]

The Contributions of Jeopardy! to Western Philosophy

Ronald Lindsay on a novel, if slightly desperate, way of funding philosophical research.
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: Prose]

News: January/February 2004

Cloning Clampdown • Sex Selection Ban • Sell Your Own Liver! • Iris Murdoch’s library for sale • Robot Gets Emotional — News reports by Sue Roberts in London and Lisa Sangoi in New York
[Issue 44: January/February 2004: News]

Irrefutable Ethics

Richard Taylor on the intractable beliefs people hold about how we should behave.
[Issue 43: October/November 2003: Articles]

News: July/August 2003

Plato Found in California • Cloned Racehorses Gallop Nearer • “Daddy Was a Website” • Aborted Fetuses to be Mothers — News reports by Sue Roberts in London and Lisa Sangoi in New York
[Issue 42: July/August 2003: News]