Regular commentaries on ethical issues in the news - appearing on the practicalethicsnews blog

Past topics include:

Activism and mercy killing 030708
Adoption and the golden rule 190308
Cloning and animal exploitation 060608
Deceiving children for their own good 170608.doc
Difficult choices in screening for disorders during pregnancy 150908
Don't Panic 220908
Doublethink and double effect 010308
When the heart stops: harvesting organs from the newly (nearly) dead  140808
Improving prenatal tests 260908
Keeping dying patient in ICU alive 250608
Letting (human) animals die 040408
Longer life or more lives 040308
New hope or false hope for vegetative patients 250408
Preventing birth to teenage parents is discriminatory 080208
Radical organ retrieval procedures 280808
Should genetic discrimination in sport be banned 250408
Smoking and conception decisions 230608
the consequences of art 170708
The slippery slope to humanzees 020508
Viability of extremely preterm infants and abortion limits 190508
Viability premature infants abortion 090508
What’s wrong with the hermaphrodite world 170708