Philosophy & Ethics

The Terri Schiavo Case In Retrospective: Are The Media To Blame For The Controversy?

In 1990, Theresa (Terri) Schiavo had a cardiac arrest that caused irreversible brain damage which led to a persistent vegetative state diagnosis. A few years later, this diagnosis became a source of conflict over the interruption of artificial nutrition. T ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2008 - 5:44pm

Thoughts on "Conversation with a modern creationist"

Recently there was a post on this site that generated a lot of feedback, Conversation with a modern creationist. This was posted by Professor Lee Silver June 4, 2008. It is the record of an exchange between Professor Silver and Josh Pepper who is a very a ...

Blog Post - Jim Myres - Oct 23 2008 - 12:04am

Able-bodied athlete competing in a Paralympic wheelchair event? Discuss!

Let me start with the story of South African sprinter and double-leg amputee Oscar Pistorius, the “fastest man on no legs.” He wants to be the first runner with an amputee to compete in the Olympics. There’s an interesting story about it here in the NY Tim ...

Blog Post - Matthew Brown - Oct 23 2008 - 12:04am

a thought experiment regarding the existence of the soul

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Blog Post - Anonymous - Jan 3 2009 - 7:10am

Declaration Of Istanbul On 'Transplant Tourism'

All countries should take steps to govern organ donation and transplantation, thereby ensuring patient safety and prohibiting unethical practices, according to an article appearing in the September 2008 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 13 2008 - 4:57pm

the immortal storm

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Blog Post - Anonymous - Jan 3 2009 - 7:15am

'Framing The Debate' In The Duke Lacrosse Players Rape Allegation

'Framing the debate' had its 15 minutes of fame, somewhere early in 2006, and since then has been revealed as little more than another word for 'spin' and, in a new study published in the journal Communication, Culture & Critique, B ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 27 2008 - 11:38am

Osama Bin Laden- The Creation Of A Terrorist

More than 1,500 audiocassette tapes taken in 2001 from Osama bin Laden's former residential compound in Qandahar, Afghanistan, are yielding new insights into the radical Islamic militant leader's intellectual development in the years leading up t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 10 2008 - 8:51am

Informed Consent Regarding Long-Term Biological Samples Is Not So Simple

Genetic studies involving the long term storage and study of human samples hold great promise for medical research—but they also pose new threats to individuals such as uninsurability, unemployability, and discrimination, say Matthias Wjst (Institute of G ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2008 - 10:21pm

Your Doctor and the Drug Companies: A Step Forward on Transparency

Eli Lilly and Merck are going to start reporting payments made to physicians. How would you feel if you found out that your physician, who just prescribed you (or your child)that expensive new drug, has been receiving payments from the drug's manufact ...

Blog Post - Michael White - Oct 22 2008 - 10:26pm