Podcasts by Bio-Ethics Bites
Bioethics is the study of the moral implications of new and emerging medical technologies and looks to answer questions such as selling organs, euthanasia and whether should we clone people. The series consists of a series of interviews by leading bioethics academics and is aimed at individuals looking to explore often difficult and confusing questions surrounding medical ethics. The series lays out the issue in a clear and precise way and looks to show all sides of the debate.
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Neuroscience Can Tell Us About Morality from 2012-02-03T11:25:30
What can science tell us about morality? Many philosophers would say, 'nothing at all'. Facts don't imply values, they say. you need further argument to move from facts about us and about the worl...
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Brain Chemistry and Moral Decision-Making from 2012-01-04T12:32:17
Answers to moral questions, it seems, depend on how much serotonin there is flowing through your brain. In the future might we be able to alter people's moral behaviour with concoctions of chemical...
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Responsibility from 2011-12-01T09:45:42
If someone caught me shoplifting, and I was later diagnosed with kleptomania, should I be held responsible? Should I be blamed? There's a growing body of knowledge in psychiatry and neuroscience a...
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Selling Organs from 2011-11-01T12:15:33
Everyday people die in hospitals because there aren't enough organs available for transplant. In most countries of the world - though not all - it is illegal to sell organs. Governments insist that...
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Bio-Ethics Bites from 2011-10-03T12:59:19
Demand for health care is infinite, but money is finite. So how should we distribute resources? Whom should we help, and why?
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Status Quo Bias from 2011-08-01T13:21:14
Suppose a genetic engineering breakthrough made it simple, safe and cheap to increase people's intelligence. Nonetheless, if you asked the averagely-intelligent person on the Clapham Omnibus whethe...
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Life and Death from 2011-07-04T14:01:20
If a patient decides she doesn't want to live any longer, should she be allowed to die? Should she be allowed to kill herself? If a patient is in no position to decide - perhaps she's in a coma - t...
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Moral Status from 2011-05-31T21:32:41
A stone on the beach, we assume, has no moral status. We can kick or hammer the stone, and we have done the stone no harm. Typical adult human beings do have moral status. We shouldn't, without a v...
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Designer Babies from 2011-05-31T21:29:03
The term 'designer baby' is usually used in a pejorative sense - to conjure up some dystopian Brave New World. There are already ways to affect what kind of children you have - most obviously by ch...
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