Professor Julian Savulescu from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics presents two hypothetical cases to highlight the importance of research into genome editing.
This is the first post by Dr Adam Shriver from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics in a series highlighting current pain science that is relevant to philosophers writing about well-being and ethics.
Technology can be key to supporting public engagement with research. Oxford University's Digital Education has recognised this and introduced public engagement as an OxTalent award category four years ago. In this year's award ceremony there were very inspiring entries of an honourable mention, a runner up and a winner.
On 1st June, Dr Johnathan Pugh was invited to represent The Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the European Youth Event 2018 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. This event brought together 9\u2019000 or so young people from across Europe to discuss some of the challenges facing the continent, and to suggest policy proposals.
This symposium was jointly organised by the International Neuroethics Society and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, with support from the European Dana Alliance for the Brain. This article first appeared on the International Neuroethics Society website.
In this article, Dr Mackenzie Graham from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics highlights ethical challenges resulting from the exclusion of pregnant women in drug testing.
This blog post was written by Dr Mackenzie Graham from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. It was originally published on the Practical Ethics - Ethics in the News blog.
The Caroline Miles Visiting Scholarship is awarded annually to a post-doctoral or early career researcher to visit the Ethox Centre. The value of the scholarship is up to \u00a32000, and is intended to assist scholars with travel and living costs during their visit.
The position of Visiting Scholar is to be awarded to a practising medical doctor (physician) with an interest in medical ethics. It provides an opportunity for a clinician to take part in the academic and College life of the University of Oxford. The University is one of the major centres for both medical research and philosophy in Europe.
This blog post was written by Dr Mackenzie Graham from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. It was originally published on the Practical Ethics - Ethics in the News blog.
This blog post was written by Dr Adam Shriver from the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics. It was originally published on the Practical Ethics - Ethics in the News blog.
We are pleased to announce the five finalists for the Oxford Uehiro Prize in Practical Ethics and to invite you to attend the final where they will present their entries. Two finalists have been selected from the undergraduate category and three from the graduate, to present their ideas to an audience and respond to a short Q&A as the final round in the competition.
Writing in the Irish Times, Dr Giubilini proposes five basic rules people should follow in debating either in favour or against the abolition of the constitutional ban on abortion.
Suzanne Metselaar, Dept. of Medical Humanities, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam and Gerben Meynen, Humanities, Dept. of Philosophy, VU University, Amsterdam, and Ruth Horn and Michael Dunn from the Ethox Centre, Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford.
Does paying individuals to achieve healthy behaviour amount to coercion? Does it corrupt the intrinsic value of healthy behaviour? Is it unfair to those who already lead healthy life styles and thus don't receive any rewards? In this video interview (with Katrien Devolder), Dr Rebecca Brown from the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics responds to these and other concerns and defends the use of financial incentives as a tool for health promotion.
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