Written by Alberto Giubilini and Julian Savulescu. Cross-Posted from The Conversation Shutterstock The online world exacerbates this human tendency. It polarises two heavily moralised camps: the self-perceived good, responsible people on one side (the shaming ones), and the ones considered…
Philosophy is a rational, and hence a fundamentally general and universal, enterprise. When you think about a particular question – such as, say, whether doctors, in the case of certain interventions, should seek consent from patients – you might end…
Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, University of Oxford; Dominic Wilkinson, Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford, and Jonathan…
In an even worse – though less likely – scenario, Omicron might cause severe disease in vulnerable people and vaccines might not work too well at preventing serious illness. Even in such a case, there are more proportionate responses than blanket…
In contrast, delaying restrictions could have even more significant costs. If a more transmissible variant is allowed to go unchecked, this will lead to a significant spike in infections. In turn, it would lead to more people suffering severe outcomes…
I recently received an email from someone about a grant application in which I’m involved. In this email, the person coordinating the grant asked recipients to suggest revisions to the text, but noted that as it stood it had a…
Srila Kaviraja Goswami writes (Chaitanya Charitamrta-Adilila 11.37.) that Kaliya Krishna Dasa Thakura was one of the principle devotees of Nityananda Prabhu. He knew nothing other than the lotus feet of Sri Nityananda Prabhu. Srila Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvati Thākura writes in his…
[embedded content] St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Presented by Dr Sarah Chan, 18 November 2021 In this St Cross Special Ethics Seminar, Dr Sarah Chan explores three key areas of risk in ‘challenge trials’ – the deliberate infection of human…
Mass youth vaccination could never protect older and medically vulnerable people as effectively as would ensuring that all those older and medically vulnerable people themselves receive the jab. Unlike lockdowns and other restrictions, vaccination is a very low cost and…
Jonathan Pugh, Research Fellow in Applied Moral Philosophy, University of Oxford; Dominic Wilkinson, Consultant Neonatologist and Professor of Ethics, University of Oxford, and Julian Savulescu, Visiting Professor in Biomedical Ethics, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University…
May 20. Edouard Machery and Luis Favela Feb 11. Grace Lindsay Apr 8. Gualtiero Piccinini Here’s the schedule: Feb 25. Vittorio Gallese Mar 11. Krzysztof Dolega Mar 25. Patricia Churchland The Brains Blog, along with Neural Mechanisms Online, is thrilled…
The requirement constitutes a kind of vaccine pass; without proof of vaccination, healthcare workers are prevented from continuing working in the NHS in a frontline role. Other types of COVID passes have been introduced elsewhere, such as the so-called “green…
But (and this is the main subject of the first volume of The Matter with Things), science and reason say nothing of the kind. Very, very far from it. One could only reach that verdict by deploying a childish pastiche…
One striking feature of the current UK care home and NHS staff mandate is that it does not allow an exemption for those who have proof of natural immunity. There is now evidence to suggest that natural immunity confers comparable…
