Wooler.Scottus

This blog is concerned with most topics in applied philosophy. In particular it is concerned with autonomy, love and other emotions. comments are most welcome

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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Redesigning People

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In China a scientist has created two gene edited babies using CRISPR-cas9 in order to prevent HIV infection. These babies are usually refer...

Thursday, 11 April 2019

A right to anaesthesia, a right to physician euthanasia?

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In an editorial in Anaesthesia Julian Savulescu and Janet Radcliffe ‐ Richards suggest that many people who are against the deliberate kill...

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, 14 February 2019

The Philosopher's Dog

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A philosopher has a pet dog, does he do anything wrong? According to Gary Francione he does because a morally just world would have ...

Wednesday, 16 January 2019

Nietzsche, Sport and Suffering

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Sport is a passion for many people in the past this was mostly men but this is changing and many women enjoy sport. In this posting ...

Wednesday, 14 November 2018

What do We Mean by Hope

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In this posting I want to examine what we mean by hope. Firstly I will suggest that the traditional philosophical definition of hope is an i...

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 ...

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