Category: Medicine
Materialist Versus Dualist Understandings of the Mind: Comparing Predictions
Persistent vegetative state (PVS) is considered the most extreme state of brain injury, short of brain death.
Are “Mind” and “Brain” the Same Thing?
Neurosurgeon Michael Egnor passionately argues that denying free will undermines moral responsibility and paves the way for totalitarian ideologies.
“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits
When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes.
Depraved: New York Times Pushes Assisted Suicide for the Elderly
The victims of such a nihilistic mindset will be the elderly, people with disabilities, the mentally ill, and the seriously sick in an ever-widening swath.
From Seizures, a Healthy Respect for the Brain
Webb Wright’s roundup of historical approaches to epilepsy is not very insightful, unfortunately.