Alasdair MacIntyre’s (1929–2025) work in moral philosophy was wide-ranging, erudite and controversial. Following his death in ...

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The increasing integration of genomic medicine into routine medical care brings to light issues of complexity and uncertainty in the interpretation of genetic variation. We describe a fictional case ...

Bioethics, like other areas of academic inquiry, needs to find new ways to ensure quality and integrity in publishing given the risks that generative artificial intelligence (AI) poses. We consider ...

Unintended and unwanted outcomes are an inherent aspect of healthcare practice, posing significant moral challenges for organisations on how to do justice to the situation and the people involved, ...

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While Devanesan1 argues that any particular mereological view of pregnancy does not determine the correct stance on a moral question, he also argues that our mereological commitments restrict how we ...

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There is substantial enthusiasm for a right to mental integrity in neuroethics—but less clarity on just what exactly that right would involve. A recent article by Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby and Peter ...

Recently, the possibility of extending the so-called 14-Day Rule on human embryonic research has received increased attention, but many ethical, legal, scientific and logistical questions about doing ...

Intravenous ketamine and intranasal esketamine have shown rapid effects in reversing suicidality and improving depressive symptoms. In countries that allow psychiatric euthanasia and/or assisted ...

One of the most dangerous forms of wrongdoing in healthcare occurs when harm no longer appears as wrongdoing at all. The failures at Mid Staffordshire National Health Service Foundation (NHS) Trust ...