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Bioethics
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Bioethics and Health Policy Faculty Position Opening at Baylor College of Medicine
Bioethics and Health Policy Faculty at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TXSummaryThe Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for an open…
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Does Human Germline Genome Editing Violate Human Dignity? An African Perspective
Bonginkosi Shozi (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Does Human Germline Genome Editing Violate Human Dignity? An African Perspective, J. L. & Biosciences. (2021):It has been variously claimed that alterations to the human…
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The Ethics of Repurposing Previously Collected Research Biospecimens in an Infectious Disease Pandemic
Benjamin Berkman, Anna C. Mastroianni (University of Washington), Leila Jamal, Coleman Solis, Holly A. Taylor, Sara Chandros Hull, The Ethics of Repurposing Previously Collected Research Biospecimens in an Infectious Disease…
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‘As Long As I’m Me’: From Personhood to Personal Identity in Dementia and Decision-making
James Toomey (Harvard University), 'As Long As I’m Me': From Personhood to Personal Identity in Dementia and Decision-making, Canadian J. Bioethics (Forthcoming, 2021):As people, especially older people, begin to develop…
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Bioethics in the 21st Century: Principlism, Situation Ethics, and Love
George P. Smith (Catholic University of America), Bioethics in the 21st Century: Principlism, Situation Ethics, and Love, CUA Columbus School Law and Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2020-2:This Monograph derives…
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Who’s Afraid of Perfectionist Moral Enhancement? A Reply to Sparrow
Pei‐hua Huang (Monash University), Who's Afraid of Perfectionist Moral Enhancement? A Reply to Sparrow, 34(8) Bioethics 865 (2020):Robert Sparrow recently argued that state‐driven moral bioenhancement is morally problematic because it…
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Bioethics Training in Reproductive Health in Mexico
Gustavo Millán, Frances Kissling, Bioethics Training in Reproductive Health in Mexico, 151(2) Int’l J. of OBGYN 308 (2020):Bioethical approaches to reproductive health have been of utmost importance for the last…
The Right Coast
Scientists Put a Human Intelligence Gene Into a Monkey. Other Scientists are Concerned | Discover Magazine
Scientists adding human brain genes to monkeys it s the kind of thing you d see in a movie like Rise of the Planet of the Apes. But Chinese researchers…
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The Unintended Consequences of Genetic Engineering: Intergenerational Problems of Causation, Compensation, and Corrective Justice
Dov Fox (University of San Diego), The Unintended Consequences of Genetic Engineering: Intergenerational Problems of Causation, Compensation, and Corrective Justice, Chicago-Kent L. Rev. (2020, Forthcoming):New forms of genetic engineering promise…
Simple Justice
The Bioethics Of Disadvantaged Distribution
Who gets the COVID-19 vaccine before someone else is both an easy and difficult question. The first group on line are uncontroversial, healthcare workers in the trenches trying to save…