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Showing posts with label autonomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autonomy. Show all posts
Friday, 1 May 2020

Locking Down the Elderly

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Julian Savulescu and James Cameron argue that a policy which locked down the elderly whilst allowing greater freedom to younger people du...
Wednesday, 23 October 2019

The Doctrine of Informed Consent and Respect for Autonomy

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In this posting I want to examine the relationship, if any, between the doctrine of informed consent and respect for autonomy. In doing so I...
Thursday, 26 September 2019

Lying and Autonomy

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    We live in a world surrounded by fake news and lies. According to Terry Pratchett in the Truth “A lie can run round the world befor...
Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Assisted Suicide and a Life not Worth Living

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Writing in theconversation   Lidia Ripamonti asks if assisted dying became legalised who should decide if a life is worth living. She...
Thursday, 4 October 2018

Moral Distress and Autonomy

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In Ian McEwan’s book 'The Children’s Act' we have a clear example of moral distress. A judge has to make a decision which is in a ...
Monday, 5 February 2018

Autonomy and Toleration

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  In this posting I want to examine the relationship between autonomy and toleration. This examination will highlight the tension between ...
Wednesday, 7 June 2017

Autonomy and Beneficence

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In this posting I want to investigate what we mean by autonomy and the relationship between autonomy and beneficence. I will firstly exami...