A Rejection of “Applied Ethics”: Philosophy’s Real Contributions to Bioethics Found Elsewh...
The following editorial can be found in our December 2022 issue. This month’s Target Article by Blumenthal-Barby et ...
December 1, 2022
The Folly of Apolitical Science
By Johnathan Flowers, PhD A persistent myth in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Medicine) fields argues that sci...
November 15, 2021
The Pandemic of the Unvaccinated: John Stuart Mill and Mandates
By Brian M. Cummings, MD and John J. Paris, SJ, PhD John Stuart Mill proclaimed, “Over himself, over his own body and mi...
August 11, 2021
Cognitive Transformation, Dementia, and the Moral Weight of Advance Directives
Abstract Dementia patients in the moderate-late stage of the disease can, and often do, express different preferences th...
Publish date:1st January 1970
The Cult of Autonomy and Why Bioethics Needs to Become More Communal
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. In the mythology of the founding of bioethics, we learn that this nascent field sprang whole fro...
September 24, 2020
Where Have All the Bioethicists Gone?
by Craig Klugman, Ph.D. “What can bioethics do to help with the racial injustice” is a refrain that I wish I heard more ...
June 5, 2020
Legal and Ethical Considerations for Requiring Consent for Apnea Testing in Brain Death Determination
Abstract The past decade has witnessed escalating legal and ethical challenges to the diagnosis of death by neurologic c...
Publish date:1st January 1970
Brain Death Testing: Time for National Uniformity
Abstract It is time to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act (UDDA) to assure a consistent nationwide approach t...
Publish date:1st January 1970
COVID-19: The Need for “Emergency Multidisplinary Team Meetings”
by Henri-Corto Stoeklé Ph.D., Asmahane Benmaziane M.D., Philippe Beuzeboc M.D., Christian Hervé, M.D., Ph.D. In a letter...
May 27, 2020
Pandemic Justice: Clarifying Guidance for Resource Allocation
by Rosamond Rhodes, Ph.D. In their timely article, “Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19,...
April 13, 2020
Artificial Intelligence in Service of Human Needs: Pragmatic First Steps Toward an Ethics for Semi-Autonomous Agents
Abstract The ethics of robots and artificial intelligence (AI) typically centers on “giving ethics” to as-yet imaginary ...
Publish date:1st January 1970
Superethics Instead of Superintelligence: Know Thyself, and Apply Science Accordingly
Abstract The human species is combining an increased understanding of our cognitive machinery with the development of a ...
Publish date:1st January 1970