Tag: Journal of Medical Ethics
Pro-Abortion Absolutism and Its Consequences
Abortion absolutism is a radical departure from the once well-accepted idea that nascent human beings — at least at some level — deserve respect and protection.
Scientists Make Male Rat Give Birth
Scientists just took a big step toward making that once unthinkable prospect — biological males giving birth — a reality.
The Bioethicist Pandemic
The increasing outsourcing of health-care policy to medical bureaucrats during the COVID-19 crisis illustrates a dangerous temptation.
For Bioethicists, This Is “Neglectful” Parenting
Consider: Children — no matter how “mature” — cannot buy cigarettes or give consent to being tattooed.
Scientific “Decadence” and the Myth of Objectivity
Scientists aren’t like “everyone else”: because of the prestige they enjoy, the impact of their being “uncritical of things that [they] want to believe” is tremendous. It can be quite corrosive, quite malign.