Something that always surprises me at bioethics conferences, especially given the number of vegetarians in the field, is the absence of quality or sometimes even any vegetarian food. Take the recent International Association of Bioethics (IAB) Congress in Croatia. The lunches were fairly awful especially for vegetarians (although the KFC looking chicken for the carnivores […]
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Principles of Biomedical Ethics, 6. ed. – Nearing perfection?
It is rare to be able to review a book long before it is published. But my copy bears the publication year of 2009, even though I bought it in July 2008. Be that as it may, seven is the number of perfection so it is relevant to ask whether the 6th edition of Tom […]
IAB conference 2008
I wonder what readers’ experiences were of the IAB conference in Croatia at the start of the month. I know that some delegates had a terrible time with the organisation – what were your impressions? Additionally, what was your impression of the standard of papers? For myself, I was happy to see that those whom […]
Well, hello there…
Having taken on board the idea that the fashionable people are always late to parties, I made it my mission to be the last person to post an entry here. Søren’s instructions for blogging on this site were minimal: David and I can write what we see fit, as long as it’s not libellous. I […]
Toleration and method in bioethics
It has been argued by some that bioethicists and in particular philosophers must be tolerant of the variety of different methods that might be employed in trying to answer the questions focused on by medical ethics/bioethics. Thus it is claimed we ought to accept as equally valid to classic philosophical analysis; empirical work, psychological work, […]
Welcome to the Medical Ethics blog!
Medical ethics is a fast moving field where there is always some new scientific or political development to analyse and discuss. It is difficult for a journal like the Journal of Medical Ethics (JME) to keep up with these day to day developments in its print version, but we hope to do it in this […]