Medicine Rachel Robison-Greene | 29 Jun 2022 The Right to Die and Government Intervention Why might the state have an interest in end of life care?
Medicine Richard Gibson | 9 Jun 2022 Treating Psychopathy? With no effective medication or therapy available, it's not clear what can/should be done with those who lack empathy and show no remorse.
Bloodstained Men and Circumcision Protest What can female genital mutilation tell us about the ethics of male circumcision? 12 May 2022 | Amalie Vacanti
Cryonics: The Trap Objection Doing whatever it takes to evade one's final moments might not be one's best bet. 11 May 2022 | Daniel Story
On the Morality of Allowing Euthanasia for Those with Mental Illness: Part 2 How should we go about divining what people truly want when their desires appear at odds? 10 May 2022 | Daniel Burkett
On the Morality of Allowing Euthanasia for Those with Mental Illness: Part 1 What relevant moral considerations might make it inappropriate for us to intervene in the suffering of others? 9 May 2022 | Daniel Burkett
The Pascal’s Wager of Cryopreservation Despite slim odds, the possibility of cheating death presents an awfully attractive payoff. 26 Apr 2022 | Richard Gibson
Insulin and American Healthcare What kind of economic and political intervention might be warranted to fix the current state of affairs? 13 Apr 2022 | Evan Arnet
Whose Rights Matter for Gender-Affirming Care? Who is it that recent legislation aims to protect when it outlaws medical assistance? 21 Mar 2022 | Cargile Williams
Elective Disability and Body Integrity Dysphoria Is a doctor's decision to assist patients in realizing their disabled identity a violation of the Hippocratic oath? 9 Mar 2022 | Richard Gibson
Rise of the Human-Animal Hybrids: The Ethics of Xenotransplantation The jury is still out on the ethics surrounding this modern miracle. 10 Feb 2022 | Evan Arnet
The Heartless Matter of Organ Transplantation and COVID Vaccination What considerations belong in our discussions about distributing such a scarce and valuable resource? 2 Feb 2022 | Richard Gibson
Informed Consent and the Joe Rogan Experience At what point might providing information actually harm patient's agency? 31 Jan 2022 | Kenneth Boyd
Defining Death: One Size Fits All? What consequences might our demarcation of death's domain have for the living? 19 Jan 2022 | Rachel Robison-Greene
Hotline Ping: Chatbots as Medical Counselors? Does distrust of healthcare automation come from legitimate moral concern or blind confidence in the personal touch? 1 Dec 2021 | Megan Fritts
Individual Rights, Collective Interests, and Vaccine Mandates Is there any justifying the state's strong-arming and bullying in the name of its citizens' public health? 21 Oct 2021 | Tucker Sechrest
Ivermectin, Hydroxychloroquine, and the Dangers of Scientific Preprints Information sharing during the pandemic suggests a desperate need to make clear exactly what it means to trust in science. 3 Sep 2021 | Kenneth Boyd
COVID Vaccines and Primary Care Are doctors violating their professional code in choosing who they will or will not treat, or, as always, simply minimizing their patients' risk and possible harm? 30 Aug 2021 | Megan Fritts
Intellectual Property and the Right of Necessity How can we honor our obligation to those in need without creating additional kinds of unfairness? 18 Aug 2021 | Marshall Bierson
Medical Challenge Trials: Time to Embrace the Challenge? Are there any good moral reasons for refusing to experiment with willing participants in the face of an emergency? 15 Jul 2021 | Giles Howdle
What Morgellons Disease Teaches Us about Empathy What kind of compassion and consideration can be shown to those we do not believe and lack the ability to trust? 14 Jul 2021 | Beatrice Harvey
Autonomy, Euthanasia, and Non-Terminal Patients What constraints, if any, should we place on the freedom to pursue physician-assisted suicide, especially when it comes to those whose reasoning may be impaired? 28 Jun 2021 | Matthew S.W. Silk