February 14, 2020
(Vox) – In fact, drugs we ingest today for more prosaic purposes, like serotonin boosters used as antidepressants, are already shaping our relationships through their effects on our brains and bodies. You probably know about the risk of a dampened … Read More
February 14, 2020
(The Washington Post) – The use of Adderall, a drug often prescribed by doctors to treat patients with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or other substances that help people focus like Vyvanse and Ritalin, have long been associated with students … Read More
January 16, 2020
(The Atlantic) – The authors of the new book Love Drugs: The Chemical Future of Relationships really, really want readers to know they have not written a book promoting love potions—drugs that will hypnotize, brainwash, or otherwise ensnare people into … Read More
December 16, 2019
Dialog (vol. 57, no. 4, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Going against the Grain” by Shauna Hannan “Creative Surrender: How We Grow at the End of Life” by Jennifer Rake?Marona “Radical Life Extension, Cybernetic Immortality, and … Read More
December 16, 2019
The Journal of Medicine & Philosophy (vol. 44, no. 2, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “In Defense of Madness: The Problem of Disability” by Mohammed Abouelleil Rashed “Mapping Moral Injury: Comparing Discourses of Moral Harm” by … Read More
December 13, 2019
Neuroethics (vol. 12, no. 1, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Tragedy of Biomedical Moral Enhancement” by Stefan Schlag “Saving the World through Sacrificing Liberties? A Critique of some Normative Arguments in Unfit for the Future” … Read More
December 13, 2019
Bioethics (vol. 33, no. 1, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Erosion of Informed Consent in U.S. Research” by Lois Shepherd and Ruth Macklin “Our Flawed Approach to Undue Inducement in Medical Research” by Eric Lee “Enriching … Read More
December 11, 2019
(Vice) – A new report from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center—a scientific research division of the Army with a focus on biological and chemical weapons—detailed what the field of cybernetics might look in 2050. The … Read More
November 7, 2019
(The Economist) – There is, however, a third way that the genetic dice which are thrown at the beginning of human life might be loaded—and it does not involve any risky tinkering. It is a twist on the well-established procedure … Read More
October 29, 2019
Studies in Christian Ethics (vol. 32, no. 1, 2019) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Ageing and the Technological Imaginary: Living and Dying in the Age of Perpetual Innovation” by Jeffrey P. Bishop “Care, Coercion and Dignity at … Read More
