The Troubled Identity of the Bioethicist
Abstract This paper raises questions about bioethical knowledge and the bioethical ‘expert’ in the context of contestation over methods. Illustrating that from the perspective of the development of...
View ArticleA Declaration of Healthy Dependence: The Case of Home Care
Abstract Aging populations have become a major concern in the developed world and are expected to require novel care strategies. Public policies, health-care regimes and technology developers alike...
View ArticleEthical Considerations on Methods Used in Abortions
Abstract There is a fundamental inconsistency in Western society’s treatment of non-human animals on the one hand, and of human foetuses on the other. While most Western countries allow the butchering...
View ArticlePaternalism and Utilitarianism in Research with Human Participants
Abstract In this article I defend a rule utilitarian approach to paternalistic policies in research with human participants. Some rules that restrict individual autonomy can be justified on the...
View ArticleEthical Consequences of the Positive Views of Enhancement in Asia
Abstract There are positive views towards use of science and technology in all Asian countries, and positive views towards use of enhancement in China, India and Thailand. After considering of the...
View ArticleRegulating Health: Transcending Disciplinary Boundaries
Abstract Health and health care problems can be addressed from multiple disciplinary perspectives. This raises challenges for how to do cross-disciplinary scholarship in ways that are still robust,...
View ArticleCognitive Enhancements and the Values of Higher Education
Abstract Drugs developed to treat cognitive impairments are proving popular with healthy college students seeking to boost their focus and productivity. Concerned observers have called these practices...
View ArticleSeeking Connections, Creating Movement: The Power of Altruistic Action
Abstract Participation of older people in designing and improving the care and services provided in residential care settings is limited. Traditional forms of democratic representation, such as client...
View ArticleProcreative Liberty, Enhancement and Commodification in the Human Cloning Debate
Abstract The aim of this paper is to scrutinize a contemporary standoff in the American debate over the moral permissibility of human reproductive cloning in its prospective use as a eugenic...
View ArticleChallenging the Moral Status of Blood Donation
Abstract The World Health Organisation encourages that blood donation becomes voluntary and unremunerated, a system already operated in the UK. Drawing on public documents and videos, this paper...
View ArticleIntroduction: Telos, Culture, and Enhancement Technologies
Introduction: Telos, Culture, and Enhancement Technologies Content Type Journal ArticleCategory EditorialPages 1-9DOI 10.1007/s10728-012-0223-2Authors Michael C. Brannigan, Department of Philosophy and...
View ArticleIn Sport and Social Justice, Is Genetic Enhancement a Game Changer?
Abstract The possibility of genetic enhancement to increase the likelihood of success in sport and life’s prospects raises questions for accounts of sport and theories of justice. These questions...
View ArticleEnhancement Technology and Outcomes: What Professionals and Researchers Can...
Abstract This text presents an overview of the bioethical debate on pediatric cochlear implants and pays particular attention to the analysis of the Deaf critique of implantation. It dismisses the...
View ArticleWhat’s the Point of Philosophical Bioethics?
Abstract Many people working in bioethics take pride in the subject’s embrace of a wide range of disciplines. This invites questions of what in particular is added by each. In this paper, I focus on...
View ArticleFrom ‘Implications’ to ‘Dimensions’: Science, Medicine and Ethics in Society
Abstract Much bioethical scholarship is concerned with the social, legal and philosophical implications of new and emerging science and medicine, as well as with the processes of research that...
View ArticleRemote Monitoring or Close Encounters? Ethical Considerations in Priority...
Abstract The proportion of elderly in society is growing rapidly, leading to increasing health care costs. New remote monitoring technologies are expected to lower these costs by reducing the number...
View ArticleWhy Bariatric Surgery Should be Given High Priority: An Argument from Law and...
Abstract In recent years, bariatric surgery has become an increasingly popular treatment of obesity. The amount of resources spent on this kind of surgery has led to a heated debate among health care...
View ArticleUlysses Arrangements in Psychiatric Treatment: Towards Proposals for Their...
Abstract A ‘Ulysses arrangement’ (UA) is an agreement where a patient may arrange for psychiatric treatment or non-treatment to occur at a later stage when she expects to change her mind. In this...
View ArticleAutonomy and Dignity: A Discussion on Contingency and Dominance
Abstract With dying increasingly becoming a medicalised experience in old age, we are witnessing a shift from concern over death itself to an interest in dying ‘well’. Fierce discussions about...
View ArticleMaking the Improbable Probable: Communication across Models of Medical Practice
Abstract Cooperation and conversation in the public sphere may overcome historical and other barriers to rational argumentation. As an alternative to evidence-based medicine (EBM) and patient-centered...
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