Bio-Ethics Bites

What can science tell us about morality? Many philosophers would say, 'nothing at all'. Facts don't imply values, they ... Read more

Answers to moral questions, it seems, depend on how much serotonin there is flowing through your brain. In the future mi... Read more

If someone caught me shoplifting, and I was later diagnosed with kleptomania, should I be held responsible? Should I be... Read more

Everyday people die in hospitals because there aren't enough organs available for transplant. In most countries of the w... Read more

Demand for health care is infinite, but money is finite. So how should we distribute resources? Whom should we help, a... Read more

Radically new techniques are opening up exciting possibilities for those working in health care - for psychiatrists, doc... Read more

Suppose a genetic engineering breakthrough made it simple, safe and cheap to increase people's intelligence. Nonetheless... Read more

If a patient decides she doesn't want to live any longer, should she be allowed to die? Should she be allowed to kill he... Read more

A stone on the beach, we assume, has no moral status. We can kick or hammer the stone, and we have done the stone no har... Read more

The term 'designer baby' is usually used in a pejorative sense - to conjure up some dystopian Brave New World. There are... Read more