CategoryEthics
The ‘Gender-Industrial Complex’ Makes Billions Annually
A new report produced recently by the American Principles Project sheds light on financial incentives
Boosters of Assisted Suicide Want It To Be Much More Common
Activists want assisted suicide normalized well beyond the terminally ill so that we become euthanasia enthusiasts
Medical Journal Pushes Training for Doctors on How to Kill
Chillingly, most of the doctors who participated in a small study on assisted suicide, and who prescribe poison as part of their job, like it.
Blessed are the Peacemakers, for They Shall Be Called Bioethicists
War is too serious and consequential an issue for the raging dilettantism that the Hastings Center displays
When Deep Forgetfulness Was a Death Sentence…
Memory care specialist Stephen Post reminds us of that dark but recent era, in conversation with Michael Egnor
At Least 60 People with Eating Disorders Euthanized or Assisted in Suicide since 2012
Most had other mental illnesses. How might those mental disorders have affected these poor people’s ability to “choose” to be killed or kill themselves?
Heart attack doctor asks, is death now reversible?
If new findings in resuscitation techniques hold up, says Sam Parnia in his new book, brain conditions now deemed irreversible may be reversibleResuscitation specialist Sam Parnia, reflects in his new book, Lucid Dying (Hachette, August 6, 2024), on the recent discovery that brains can be resuscitated hours after death. From the sample pages offered at the book’s Amazon site, we learn that in 2019, a writer at prominent science journal Nature sent Parnia a copy of the embargoed results of a study of pig brains from a slaughterhouse, kept alive for hours after death. “I was left totally stunned and speechless” he recounts: For at least a decade, I had tried to draw attention to the fact that our concept of life and death should be redefined. Death should no longer be viewed as a specific black-and-white moment. Instead, it should be Read More ›
Canadian Death Doctor Has Euthanized Hundreds of Patients
Ellen Wiebe kills the sick, the disabled, the elderly, and unwanted fetuses
Disabled Canadian Euthanized Due to Lack of Care
He asked for and received euthanasia explicitly because of a lack of care
Neanderthals Cared for Down Syndrome Children
Too often, we abort them
European Court: Assisted Suicide Not a Human Right
The high court also ruled that refusing life-sustaining treatment is not the same thing as suicide
Does Your Dog Feel “Guilty” When He Rips the Sofa?
Dog expert Zazie Todd says no; when assessing dog emotions, we should think more simply
If Humans Were Just Animals, We Would Not Help Animals
Whether we like it or not, the gulf fixed between humans and other animals is what makes it possible for us to reject cruelty to animals
Dual-Use Technology and Research Ethics: Interview with Yves Moreau
A conversation on the responsibility and ethical limits of tech companies
Bioethicists Want to Rule the World
Alright, the headline is a tad hyperbolic. But just a tad.
Orwell’s Cold Dystopia is Closer Than We Think
When we speak lies as truth, tyrants come marching inThe Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. [Winston’s] heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him… And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid world exists, its laws do not change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects unsupported fall towards the earth’s center. With the feeling that he was setting forth an important axiom, he wrote: Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. GEORGE ORWELL, 1984 Read More ›
Confronting IVF: Human Embryos Are Persons With a Right to Life
We humans are persons even when we are non-sentient and dependent on others
Are IVF Human Embryos “Children”? A Recent Court Decision
Neurologist Steven Novella claims that the Alabama Supreme Court ruling that they are “children” under the law “essentially referenced god”