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Thursday, 28 November 2019

Civil Discourse

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We live in a fractious age in which people are often rude to those who hold views opposed to their own. Indeed on some social platform...
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...
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...