This article investigates the introduction of the Huntington’s Disease Integrated Staging System (HD-ISS) in research ...
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Alasdair MacIntyre’s (1929–2025) work in moral philosophy was wide-ranging, erudite and controversial. Following his death in ...
Moral equivalence and the grounds of moral status in stem cell-derived embryo models: a response to de Graeff and De Proost (8 January, 2026) ...
Advances in stem cell research have enabled the creation of embryo models that challenge existing definitions and regulatory boundaries in embryo research. The scientific community has struggled to ...
Bair’s recent article (J Med Ethics, 2026) offers a thoughtful Wittgensteinian analysis of ‘understanding’ in informed consent which proposes that comprehension should be evaluated through ...
Unintended and unwanted outcomes are an inherent aspect of healthcare practice, posing significant moral challenges for organisations on how to do justice to the situation and the people involved, ...
While Devanesan1 argues that any particular mereological view of pregnancy does not determine the correct stance on a moral question, he also argues that our mereological commitments restrict how we ...