First synthetic embryos: the scientific breakthrough raises serious ethical questions
synthetic mouse. Weizmann Institute of Sciences Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford; Christopher Gyngell, The University of Melbourne, and Tsutomu Sawai, Hiroshima University Children, even some who are too young for…
The Morality of Sending Asylum Seekers to Rwanda
Written by Doug McConnell The government has recently claimed that their policy to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda as part of the UK-Rwanda Migration and Economic…
The Homeric Power of Advance Directives
By Charles Foster [Image: Ulysses and the Sirens: John William Waterhouse, 1891: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne] We shouldn’t underestimate Homer’s hold on us. Whether or not we’ve ever read…
Track Thyself? Personal Information Technology and the Ethics of Self-knowledge
Written by Muriel Leuenberger The ancient Greek injunction “Know Thyself” inscribed at the temple of Delphi represents just one among many instances where we are encouraged to pursue self-knowledge. Socrates…