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, 21 August 2019

Different Degrees or Different Types of Rape?

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Rape is an offence which can vary greatly in the degree of its seriousness. Unlawful killing is split into two different offences, mansla...
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Wednesday, 19 June 2019

The Logic of Relieving Suffering and Voluntary Euthanasia

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Recently a seventeen year old Dutch girl, who had been repeatedly raped as a child and who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder,...
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 ...
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