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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...
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 ...